Kahite vs Sweetwater

A side-by-side comparison of Kahite and Sweetwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sweetwater has the higher population (6,462 vs 697 in Kahite). Kahite has the higher median household income ($115,078 vs $44,661 in Sweetwater). Kahite has the higher median home value ($536,300 vs $166,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Kahite	Sweetwater
Population	697	6,462
Median age	72.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$115,078	$44,661
Median home value	$536,300	$166,000
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	367	3,075
Homeownership rate	96.1%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahite	Sweetwater
Population	667 → 697 (+4.5%)	5,873 → 6,462 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$85,179 → $115,078 (+35.1%)	$40,158 → $44,661 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$423,600 → $536,300 (+26.6%)	$120,800 → $166,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$661 → $625 (-5.4%)

Kahite

Population

667697

Median household income

$85,179$115,078

Median home value

$423,600$536,300

Sweetwater

Population

5,8736,462

Median household income

$40,158$44,661

Median home value

$120,800$166,000

Median gross rent

$661$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahite	Sweetwater
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	2.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	1.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	1.3%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	55.1%	15.0%
75 and over	28.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahite	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	83.8%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahite	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	6.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	15.6%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	19.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahite	Sweetwater
Drove alone	60.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.6%
Public transit	21.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahite	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	100.0%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Kahite	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	5.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.08	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	55	21
Median year structure built	2007	1977