Powells Crossroads vs Sequatchie

A side-by-side comparison of Powells Crossroads and Sequatchie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Powells Crossroads has the higher population (1,454 vs 496 in Sequatchie). Powells Crossroads has the higher median household income ($65,804 vs $19,756 in Sequatchie). Sequatchie has the higher median home value ($530,200 vs $173,000 in Powells Crossroads).

Population, income & housing

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
Population	1,454	496
Median age	44.0 yrs	24.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,804	$19,756
Median home value	$173,000	$530,200
Median gross rent	$1,089	—
Housing units	672	211
Homeownership rate	88.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	50.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
Population	1,483 → 1,454 (-2.0%)	696 → 496 (-28.7%)
Median household income	$59,688 → $65,804 (+10.2%)	$49,857 → $19,756 (-60.4%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $173,000 (+48.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$814 → $1,089 (+33.8%)	—

Powells Crossroads

Population

1,4831,454

Median household income

$59,688$65,804

Median home value

$116,300$173,000

Median gross rent

$814$1,089

Sequatchie

Population

696496

Median household income

$49,857$19,756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
Under 5	4.2%	10.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	14.0%	28.2%
25 to 34	9.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	8.3%	6.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	28.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	6.7%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	8.9%	0.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	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	3.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
No high school diploma	16.3%	8.8%
High school graduate	37.8%	60.1%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	23.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	7.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
Drove alone	84.6%	100.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
1-unit, detached	92.9%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Powells Crossroads	Sequatchie
Poverty rate	4.7%	73.6%
Average household size	2.42	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	37	—
Median year structure built	1980	1987