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Sewanee CDP, Tennessee: commercial real estate data.
Sewanee CDP is a Census CDP of 2,936 people across 3.89 square miles of land, in Franklin County. Median household income is $136,111, 81.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $75,000.
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Sewanee
What Sewanee is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.89 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land755
- County holding the largest share of its areaFranklin County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sewanee
How many people live in Sewanee
- Population2,936
- Median age21.5
- Population under 18167 plus or minus 73
- Share under 185.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Population 65 and over375 plus or minus 120
- Share 65 and over12.8 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Households456 plus or minus 117
- Family households325 plus or minus 75
- Share of households that are families71.3 percent plus or minus 24.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sewanee
Income and work in Sewanee
- Median household income$136,111 plus or minus $39,569
- Per capita income$24,935 plus or minus $5,388
- Civilian labor force1,462
- Employed1,448
- Unemployed14 plus or minus 23
- Unemployment rate1.0 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over841 plus or minus 197
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher96.9 percent plus or minus 31.3
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher77.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree45.7 percent plus or minus 10.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sewanee
Housing in Sewanee
- Housing units474 plus or minus 119
- Occupied units456 plus or minus 117
- Vacant units18 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate3.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Owner occupied370 plus or minus 100
- Renter occupied86 plus or minus 64
- Ownership rate81.1 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$465,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,173 plus or minus $440
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Single family units449 plus or minus 108
- Share single family94.7 percent plus or minus 33.0
- Units in buildings of two or more25 plus or minus 40
- Share in buildings of two or more5.3 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1979
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sewanee
How Sewanee gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,167
- Commuting under 15 minutes977 plus or minus 224
- Share commuting under 15 minutes83.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more60 plus or minus 51
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more5.1 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Drove alone43.5 percent
- Carpooled6.9 percent plus or minus 5.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked27.8 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Worked from home12.6 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Sewanee
SBA 7(a) lending to Sewanee borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$75,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$75,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$75,000
- Largest approval$75,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Franklin County, not Sewanee
Franklin County context, not Sewanee figures
These are Franklin County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Sewanee measurements.
- Establishments in Franklin County747
- Employment at those establishments, Franklin County12,798
- Covered employment, Franklin County11,619
- Average annual pay, Franklin County$52,979
- Average weekly wage, Franklin County$1,019
- Housing units permitted, Franklin County422
- Of those, single family, Franklin County387
- County product, 2024, Franklin County$1,833,359,000
- County product change over the prior year, Franklin County6.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Franklin County$73,156
Every figure in this section is published for Franklin County as a whole and is not a measurement of Sewanee. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Sewanee questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Sewanee, Tennessee?
2,936, in 456 households. Sewanee CDP covers 3.89 square miles of land, which is 755 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Sewanee in?
Franklin County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Sewanee?
$136,111. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $465,500. Median gross rent is $1,173 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Sewanee businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $75,000, across 1 lenders, median approval $75,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Sewanee, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Sewanee borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Sewanee. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Sewanee figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Franklin County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Sewanee.
Is zoning published for Sewanee?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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