Sunbright vs Wartburg

A side-by-side comparison of Sunbright and Wartburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wartburg has the higher population (1,266 vs 785 in Sunbright). Sunbright has the higher median household income ($56,058 vs $24,833 in Wartburg). Wartburg has the higher median home value ($181,000 vs $130,000 in Sunbright).

Population, income & housing

	Sunbright	Wartburg
Population	785	1,266
Median age	38.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,058	$24,833
Median home value	$130,000	$181,000
Median gross rent	$694	$658
Housing units	275	444
Homeownership rate	73.8%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sunbright	Wartburg
Population	426 → 785 (+84.3%)	1,045 → 1,266 (+21.1%)
Median household income	$33,897 → $56,058 (+65.4%)	$39,250 → $24,833 (-36.7%)
Median home value	$103,400 → $130,000 (+25.7%)	$103,000 → $181,000 (+75.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $694 (+12.8%)	$575 → $658 (+14.4%)

Sunbright

Population

426785

Median household income

$33,897$56,058

Median home value

$103,400$130,000

Median gross rent

$615$694

Wartburg

Population

1,0451,266

Median household income

$39,250$24,833

Median home value

$103,000$181,000

Median gross rent

$575$658

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sunbright	Wartburg
Under 5	13.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.4%
75 and over	7.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sunbright	Wartburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sunbright	Wartburg
No high school diploma	28.1%	19.3%
High school graduate	41.8%	47.6%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sunbright	Wartburg
Drove alone	68.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	16.6%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.9%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	3.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sunbright	Wartburg
1-unit, detached	80.7%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sunbright	Wartburg
Poverty rate	25.0%	38.6%
Average household size	3.37	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1971	1977