John Sevier vs Karns

A side-by-side comparison of John Sevier and Karns: population, income, housing, and more.

John Sevier and Karns are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Karns has the higher population (3,835 vs 987 in John Sevier). Karns has the higher median household income ($101,161 vs $43,712 in John Sevier). Karns has the higher median home value ($284,700 vs $118,900 in John Sevier).

Population, income & housing

	John Sevier	Karns
Population	987	3,835
Median age	50.9 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,712	$101,161
Median home value	$118,900	$284,700
Median gross rent	$1,056	$1,793
Housing units	578	1,449
Homeownership rate	86.2%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	43.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	John Sevier	Karns
Population	740 → 987 (+33.4%)	3,755 → 3,835 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$21,921 → $43,712 (+99.4%)	$87,031 → $101,161 (+16.2%)
Median home value	$104,800 → $118,900 (+13.5%)	$218,400 → $284,700 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $1,056 (+73.7%)	$1,331 → $1,793 (+34.7%)

John Sevier

Population

740987

Median household income

$21,921$43,712

Median home value

$104,800$118,900

Median gross rent

$608$1,056

Karns

Population

3,7553,835

Median household income

$87,031$101,161

Median home value

$218,400$284,700

Median gross rent

$1,331$1,793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	John Sevier	Karns
Under 5	5.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	14.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	26.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	20.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	2.5%	11.6%
75 and over	12.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	John Sevier	Karns
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	85.7%
Black or African American	10.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	John Sevier	Karns
No high school diploma	19.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	30.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	John Sevier	Karns
Drove alone	87.9%	74.9%
Carpooled	3.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	18.2%
Other means	8.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	John Sevier	Karns
1-unit, detached	78.0%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	7.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	16.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	John Sevier	Karns
Poverty rate	17.9%	4.6%
Average household size	1.85	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1974	1994