
Sequatchie County · Tennessee
ZIP code 37327
- Population
- 12,424
- Median income
- $51,862
- Median home
- $217,600
- Sales tax
- 7%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
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
- State
- Tennessee (TN)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 47153
638 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
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.
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.
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.
| Measure | ZIP 37327 | County median | State median | vs 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% |
| Population | 12,424 | 12,424 | 4,324 | +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
- #411
- Home value
- #236
- Population
- #187
richer than 31% of 596 state ZIPs
above 60% of 589 state ZIPs
larger than 71% of 638 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Tennessee ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
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.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Tennessee Department of Revenue — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
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.