Haywood County vs Sequatchie County

A side-by-side comparison of Haywood County and Sequatchie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Haywood County has the higher population (17,672 vs 16,409 in Sequatchie County). Sequatchie County has the higher median household income ($52,260 vs $43,513 in Haywood County). Sequatchie County has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $119,600 in Haywood County).

Population, income & housing

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
Population	17,672	16,409
Median age	43.1 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,513	$52,260
Median home value	$119,600	$217,800
Median gross rent	$725	$842
Housing units	8,247	6,951
Homeownership rate	57.3%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
Population	17,623 → 17,672 (+0.3%)	14,816 → 16,409 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$37,905 → $43,513 (+14.8%)	$49,370 → $52,260 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$100,700 → $119,600 (+18.8%)	$142,500 → $217,800 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$651 → $725 (+11.4%)	$695 → $842 (+21.2%)

Haywood County

Population

17,62317,672

Median household income

$37,905$43,513

Median home value

$100,700$119,600

Median gross rent

$651$725

Sequatchie County

Population

14,81616,409

Median household income

$49,370$52,260

Median home value

$142,500$217,800

Median gross rent

$695$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
Under 5	5.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.5%
75 and over	7.6%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
White (non-Hispanic)	42.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	50.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
No high school diploma	17.2%	18.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
Drove alone	82.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	12.0%
Other means	3.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
1-unit, detached	72.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.2%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Haywood County	Sequatchie County
Poverty rate	22.8%	23.6%
Average household size	2.44	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1977	1993