Madisonville vs Sweetwater

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

Madisonville 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 5,184 in Madisonville). Madisonville has the higher median household income ($45,274 vs $44,661 in Sweetwater). Madisonville has the higher median home value ($202,600 vs $166,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
Population	5,184	6,462
Median age	41.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,274	$44,661
Median home value	$202,600	$166,000
Median gross rent	$663	$625
Housing units	2,254	3,075
Homeownership rate	65.6%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
Population	4,920 → 5,184 (+5.4%)	5,873 → 6,462 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$48,148 → $45,274 (-6.0%)	$40,158 → $44,661 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$136,000 → $202,600 (+49.0%)	$120,800 → $166,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $663 (+7.3%)	$661 → $625 (-5.4%)

Madisonville

Population

4,9205,184

Median household income

$48,148$45,274

Median home value

$136,000$202,600

Median gross rent

$618$663

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)

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
Under 5	3.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	15.0%
75 and over	8.9%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.4%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	8.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	17.0%	11.7%
High school graduate	38.3%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
Drove alone	84.9%	81.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	59.9%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	8.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Madisonville	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	14.6%	18.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1987	1977