Sequatchie County vs Wayne County

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

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

Sequatchie County has the higher population (16,409 vs 16,251 in Wayne County). Wayne County has the higher median household income ($52,824 vs $52,260 in Sequatchie County). Sequatchie County has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $126,600 in Wayne County).

Population, income & housing

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
Population	16,409	16,251
Median age	44.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,260	$52,824
Median home value	$217,800	$126,600
Median gross rent	$842	$619
Housing units	6,951	7,205
Homeownership rate	74.7%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
Population	14,816 → 16,409 (+10.8%)	16,693 → 16,251 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$49,370 → $52,260 (+5.9%)	$41,427 → $52,824 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $217,800 (+52.8%)	$95,200 → $126,600 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $842 (+21.2%)	$560 → $619 (+10.5%)

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

Wayne County

Population

16,69316,251

Median household income

$41,427$52,824

Median home value

$95,200$126,600

Median gross rent

$560$619

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.5%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.4%
75 and over	8.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
No high school diploma	18.3%	16.5%
High school graduate	37.5%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
Drove alone	79.0%	82.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.0%	8.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
1-unit, detached	69.9%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	22.5%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Sequatchie County	Wayne County
Poverty rate	23.6%	18.5%
Average household size	2.64	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1993	1981