Fairgarden vs Seymour

A side-by-side comparison of Fairgarden and Seymour: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seymour has the higher population (15,914 vs 404 in Fairgarden). Seymour has the higher median household income ($85,240 vs $43,553 in Fairgarden). Seymour has the higher median home value ($262,800 vs $236,600 in Fairgarden).

Population, income & housing

	Fairgarden	Seymour
Population	404	15,914
Median age	58.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,553	$85,240
Median home value	$236,600	$262,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,530
Housing units	252	6,499
Homeownership rate	94.0%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairgarden	Seymour
Population	493 → 404 (-18.1%)	11,193 → 15,914 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $43,553 (+4.4%)	$57,773 → $85,240 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $236,600 (+62.1%)	$171,700 → $262,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$913 → $1,530 (+67.6%)

Fairgarden

Population

493404

Median household income

$41,719$43,553

Median home value

$146,000$236,600

Seymour

Population

11,19315,914

Median household income

$57,773$85,240

Median home value

$171,700$262,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairgarden	Seymour
Under 5	9.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	3.5%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	33.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.7%
75 and over	10.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairgarden	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairgarden	Seymour
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairgarden	Seymour
Drove alone	100.0%	83.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairgarden	Seymour
1-unit, detached	87.3%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	7.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Fairgarden	Seymour
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.6%
Average household size	1.60	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1999	1992