Sequatchie vs Whitwell

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

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

Whitwell has the higher population (1,863 vs 496 in Sequatchie). Whitwell has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $19,756 in Sequatchie). Sequatchie has the higher median home value ($530,200 vs $121,700 in Whitwell).

Population, income & housing

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
Population	496	1,863
Median age	24.7 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$19,756	$62,500
Median home value	$530,200	$121,700
Median gross rent	—	$834
Housing units	211	1,030
Homeownership rate	78.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.9%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	50.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
Population	696 → 496 (-28.7%)	1,798 → 1,863 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$49,857 → $19,756 (-60.4%)	$42,727 → $62,500 (+46.3%)
Median home value	—	$84,600 → $121,700 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$713 → $834 (+17.0%)

Sequatchie

Population

696496

Median household income

$49,857$19,756

Whitwell

Population

1,7981,863

Median household income

$42,727$62,500

Median home value

$84,600$121,700

Median gross rent

$713$834

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
Under 5	10.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.7%
18 to 24	28.2%	11.8%
25 to 34	3.6%	10.5%
35 to 44	6.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	28.8%	20.0%
55 to 64	6.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.3%
75 and over	0.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
No high school diploma	8.8%	21.5%
High school graduate	60.1%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
Drove alone	100.0%	78.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
1-unit, detached	85.8%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	10.1%

Poverty & households

	Sequatchie	Whitwell
Poverty rate	73.6%	13.1%
Average household size	3.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	1987	1979