Rarity Bay vs Sweetwater

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

Rarity Bay 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 728 in Rarity Bay). Rarity Bay has the higher median household income ($82,143 vs $44,661 in Sweetwater). Rarity Bay has the higher median home value ($654,500 vs $166,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
Population	728	6,462
Median age	75.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,143	$44,661
Median home value	$654,500	$166,000
Median gross rent	$1,697	$625
Housing units	487	3,075
Homeownership rate	84.0%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
Population	641 → 728 (+13.6%)	5,873 → 6,462 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$105,435 → $82,143 (-22.1%)	$40,158 → $44,661 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$977,800 → $654,500 (-33.1%)	$120,800 → $166,000 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $1,697 (-1.0%)	$661 → $625 (-5.4%)

Rarity Bay

Population

641728

Median household income

$105,435$82,143

Median home value

$977,800$654,500

Median gross rent

$1,715$1,697

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)

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
Under 5	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	31.6%	15.0%
75 and over	51.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	6.6%	11.7%
High school graduate	11.5%	48.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
Drove alone	78.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.4%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	86.0%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.4%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Rarity Bay	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	4.7%	18.2%
Average household size	1.88	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	—	21
Median year structure built	2001	1977