Sweetwater vs Vonore

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

Sweetwater and Vonore 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 1,829 in Vonore). Vonore has the higher median household income ($59,563 vs $44,661 in Sweetwater). Vonore has the higher median home value ($269,200 vs $166,000 in Sweetwater).

Population, income & housing

	Sweetwater	Vonore
Population	6,462	1,829
Median age	43.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,661	$59,563
Median home value	$166,000	$269,200
Median gross rent	$625	$800
Housing units	3,075	859
Homeownership rate	54.9%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sweetwater	Vonore
Population	5,873 → 6,462 (+10.0%)	1,677 → 1,829 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$40,158 → $44,661 (+11.2%)	$46,740 → $59,563 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$120,800 → $166,000 (+37.4%)	$148,300 → $269,200 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$661 → $625 (-5.4%)	$713 → $800 (+12.2%)

Sweetwater

Population

5,8736,462

Median household income

$40,158$44,661

Median home value

$120,800$166,000

Median gross rent

$661$625

Vonore

Population

1,6771,829

Median household income

$46,740$59,563

Median home value

$148,300$269,200

Median gross rent

$713$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sweetwater	Vonore
Under 5	4.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	15.0%	18.5%
75 and over	9.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sweetwater	Vonore
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	4.6%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sweetwater	Vonore
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	48.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sweetwater	Vonore
Drove alone	81.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	12.6%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	14.3%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sweetwater	Vonore
1-unit, detached	56.1%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.4%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	13.7%

Poverty & households

	Sweetwater	Vonore
Poverty rate	18.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1977	1991