New Hope vs Sequatchie

A side-by-side comparison of New Hope and Sequatchie: population, income, housing, and more.

New Hope and Sequatchie are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Hope has the higher population (928 vs 496 in Sequatchie). New Hope has the higher median household income ($62,396 vs $19,756 in Sequatchie). Sequatchie has the higher median home value ($530,200 vs $148,800 in New Hope).

Population, income & housing

	New Hope	Sequatchie
Population	928	496
Median age	38.9 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,396	$19,756
Median home value	$148,800	$530,200
Housing units	388	211
Homeownership rate	88.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	50.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Hope	Sequatchie
Population	840 → 928 (+10.5%)	696 → 496 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$53,603 → $62,396 (+16.4%)	$49,857 → $19,756 (-60.4%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $148,800 (+23.5%)	—
Median gross rent	$750 → $950 (+26.7%)	—

New Hope

Population

840928

Median household income

$53,603$62,396

Median home value

$120,500$148,800

Median gross rent

$750$950

Sequatchie

Population

696496

Median household income

$49,857$19,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Hope	Sequatchie
Under 5	8.0%	10.9%
5 to 17	11.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	10.0%	28.2%
25 to 34	12.7%	3.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	28.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	6.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	0.0%
75 and over	6.3%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Hope	Sequatchie
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Hope	Sequatchie
No high school diploma	15.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	49.6%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Hope	Sequatchie
Drove alone	83.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	4.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Hope	Sequatchie
1-unit, detached	69.8%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.1%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	New Hope	Sequatchie
Poverty rate	23.5%	73.6%
Average household size	2.61	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1985	1987