Sweetwater vs Tellico Plains

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

Sweetwater and Tellico Plains 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 1,124 in Tellico Plains). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($44,661 vs $43,859 in Tellico Plains). Tellico Plains has the higher median home value ($168,000 vs $166,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
Population	6,462	1,124
Median age	43.2 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$44,661	$43,859
Median home value	$166,000	$168,000
Median gross rent	$625	$613
Housing units	3,075	514
Homeownership rate	54.9%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
Population	5,873 → 6,462 (+10.0%)	952 → 1,124 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$40,158 → $44,661 (+11.2%)	$27,059 → $43,859 (+62.1%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $166,000 (+37.4%)	$93,800 → $168,000 (+79.1%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $625 (-5.4%)	$389 → $613 (+57.6%)

Sweetwater

Population

5,8736,462

Median household income

$40,158$44,661

Median home value

$120,800$166,000

Median gross rent

$661$625

Tellico Plains

Population

9521,124

Median household income

$27,059$43,859

Median home value

$93,800$168,000

Median gross rent

$389$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	28.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.7%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	15.0%	6.7%
75 and over	9.5%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	87.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
No high school diploma	11.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
Drove alone	81.3%	85.2%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
1-unit, detached	56.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Sweetwater	Tellico Plains
Poverty rate	18.2%	27.8%
Average household size	2.20	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1977	1982