† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSewaneeTennesseeUnited States
English16.3%13.3%9.5%
American15.0%11.3%5.3%
German9.4%9.1%12.5%
Irish9.3%9.3%9.4%
Scottish2.6%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.6%1.7%—
French2.1%1.3%1.6%
Polish1.8%—2.2%
Mexican2.5%3.8%11.3%
Honduran0.7%0.5%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.5%0.6%1.8%
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
African American†4.4%14.3%9.9%
African0.2%0.6%0.5%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Sewanee
Tennessee
United States
Median age
21.5
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
65.7%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.8%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Sewanee
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$136,111
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.0%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
77.5%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Sewanee
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.8%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
2.7%
5.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Sewanee
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Sewanee, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+54.2%
2008
+42.2%
2012
+35.3%
2016
+43.0%
2020
+40.9%
2024
+37.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
68.2%Harris563
30.4%Trump251
1.5%
D+37.8
R+3.1
D+39.2
826
D
69.6%Biden613
28.7%Trump253
1.7%
D+40.9
R+2.2
D+36.4
881
D
69.4%Clinton587
26.4%Trump223
4.3%
D+43.0
D+7.8
D+40.9
846
D
66.8%Obama580
31.6%Romney274
1.6%
D+35.3
R+6.9
D+31.4
868
D
70.4%Obama1,132
28.2%McCain454
1.4%
D+42.2
R+12.1
D+34.9
1,608
D
77.0%Kerry1,343
22.8%Bush397
0.2%
D+54.2
—
D+56.7
1,744
Sewanee's population and civic character are shaped almost entirely by the University of the South, making it one of Tennessee's most institutionally defined communities and an outlier in the otherwise rural Franklin County political landscape.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 54.2 points in 2004. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 3.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 37.8 points.
A population of 2,936, a 86% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $136,111 describe the city.
In 2024, Sewanee, Tennessee voted Democratic by 37.8 points (D+37.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 826 votes cast, 563 went Democratic and 251 went Republican.
How many people live in Sewanee, Tennessee?
Sewanee, Tennessee has a population of 2,936 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sewanee, Tennessee?
Median household income in Sewanee, Tennessee is $136,111 — above the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Sewanee, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Sewanee, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
