Bradley County vs Sevier County

A side-by-side comparison of Bradley County and Sevier County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bradley County and Sevier County are counties in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bradley County has the higher population (109,743 vs 98,802 in Sevier County). Sevier County has the higher median household income ($63,829 vs $63,789 in Bradley County). Sevier County has the higher median home value ($259,500 vs $230,800 in Bradley County).

Population, income & housing

	Bradley County	Sevier County
Population	109,743	98,802
Median age	39.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,789	$63,829
Median home value	$230,800	$259,500
Median gross rent	$959	$1,013
Housing units	45,411	57,809
Homeownership rate	67.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bradley County	Sevier County
Population	105,749 → 109,743 (+3.8%)	97,068 → 98,802 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$51,331 → $63,789 (+24.3%)	$49,610 → $63,829 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $230,800 (+43.4%)	$175,500 → $259,500 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $959 (+23.4%)	$791 → $1,013 (+28.1%)

Bradley County

Population

105,749109,743

Median household income

$51,331$63,789

Median home value

$161,000$230,800

Median gross rent

$777$959

Sevier County

Population

97,06898,802

Median household income

$49,610$63,829

Median home value

$175,500$259,500

Median gross rent

$791$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bradley County	Sevier County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.3%
75 and over	7.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bradley County	Sevier County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	86.0%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bradley County	Sevier County
No high school diploma	11.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	30.8%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bradley County	Sevier County
Drove alone	79.0%	78.4%
Carpooled	10.2%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bradley County	Sevier County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	6.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bradley County	Sevier County
Poverty rate	13.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.55	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1985	1995