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Sequatchie County · Tennessee

ZIP code 37327

Population, income, housing costs and the sales tax rate charged on purchases inside ZIP 37327 — Census 2019-2023 ACS 5-year, no modelled estimates.
Population
12,424

ZCTA residents

Median income
$51,862

Household, past 12 months

Median home
$217,600

Owner-occupied value

Sales tax
7%

Tennessee state rate

Quick answer

ZIP 37327 sits in Sequatchie County, Tennessee and is home to 12,424 people. Median household income is $51,862, the median home is worth $217,600 and median gross rent is $843. 73.2% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 7% (Tennessee state rate).

County
Sequatchie County

FIPS 47153

State
Tennessee (TN)

638 ZIPs covered

Area codes
Not published

No NANPA match for this ZIP

Metro area
Outside covered metros

Rate jurisdiction used for tax

The numbers for 37327

American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.

Population
12,424ZIP 37327 residents
Median household income
$51,862Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
$217,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
$843Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
42.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
73.2%Owner-occupied households

ZIP 37327 in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

ZIP 37327 is a mid-size town in Sequatchie County, Tennessee, with 12,424 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #187 of 638 ranked by population — larger than 70% of them. The median age here is 42.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in ZIP 37327 earn a median of $51,862 a year, 34% below the national figure of $78,538. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 23.6% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 37327 is valued at $217,600, 28.3% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $843 a month, 40% below the national figure, or roughly $10,116 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 73.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

Reading ZIP 37327 in context

How 37327 sits inside Sequatchie County and Tennessee.

ZIP 37327 is tabulated inside Sequatchie County, Tennessee, one of 1 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 638 across Tennessee. This is a mid-sized ZIP that covers a large share of its county's addresses. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 37327 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.

Against its own county, 37327 reports a median household income of $51,862, close to the $51,862 county median, and 12% below the $59,143 typical TN ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of $217,600, close to the county figure and 12% above the statewide ZIP median. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $843 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.

Tennessee charges 7% statewide, and local governments overlapping 37327 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.

Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 37327 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.

Sales tax in 37327

What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.

Rate applied
7%State base rate only
Tax on $100
$7Rounded to the dollar
Tax on $1,000
$70Before any exemptions

Tennessee levies 7% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.

Affordability in this ZIP

Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.

Rent burden
20%Median rent ÷ median income
Price-to-income
4.2×Home value ÷ household income
Est. mortgage
$1,129/mo20% down, 30-yr at 6.75%
Poverty rate
23.6%Residents below poverty line

A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.

How 37327 compares

ZIP 37327 against the median ZIP in Sequatchie County and across Tennessee.

MeasureZIP 37327County medianState medianvs state
Median household income$51,862$51,862$59,143-12%
Median home value$217,600$217,600$195,100+12%
Median gross rent$843$843$885-5%
Population12,42412,4244,324+187%

Medians are computed across the 1 ZIP areas in Sequatchie County and the 638 ZIP areas in Tennessee.

Statewide rank

Where this ZIP places among all 638 Tennessee ZIP areas.

Income

richer than 31% of 596 state ZIPs

#411
Home value

above 60% of 589 state ZIPs

#236
Population

larger than 71% of 638 state ZIPs

#187

Comparable ZIP codes

Tennessee ZIP areas with almost the same household income.

ZIPCountyIncomeHome valueRent
38344Carroll County$51,881$133,300$876
37012DeKalb County$51,902$230,500$676
37753Cocke County$51,728$78,300$620
37769Anderson County$51,691$192,600$700
38574Putnam County$52,043$175,900$800
38221Benton County$52,109$118,600$661

Adjacent ZIP Codes

Other ZIP codes in Sequatchie County, Tennessee.

ZIP 37327 questions

Common questions about this ZIP code.

Where is ZIP code 37327?
ZIP 37327 lies mostly in Sequatchie County, Tennessee. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
What sales tax do I pay in 37327?
Tennessee charges 7% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
Is 37327 expensive to live in?
Median rent runs $843 a month, about 20% of median household income, and the median home is worth $217,600 — +12% against the typical Tennessee ZIP.
Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.

Related pages for this area.

Sources & transparency

Every figure on this page is a published estimate for ZIP Code Tabulation Area 37327, except the affordability ratios and mortgage estimate, which we derive from those medians and label as estimates.

Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.