About Sewanee

Sewanee is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 3,710 people and just one neighborhood, Sewanee is the 163rd largest community in Tennessee.

Sewanee is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.01% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sewanee is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sewanee who work in teaching (22.33%), office and administrative support jobs (12.91%), and food service (8.04%).

Of important note, Sewanee is also a town of artists. Sewanee has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sewanee's character.

Sewanee is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Sewanee area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Sewanee maintain a good economy.

One of the benefits of Sewanee is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.44 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small town, Sewanee doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Sewanee Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Sewanee is a pretty powerful place. 52.61% of the adults in Sewanee have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Sewanee in 2000 was $19,003, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,012 for a family of four.

The people who call Sewanee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sewanee is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sewanee include English, Irish, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sewanee is English. Some people also speak Spanish.