Rank

743of 3,144

Sequatchie, Tennessee

Score 6.76 / 10· population 17,161

Sequatchie County lies in the Sequatchie Valley under the bluffs of the Cumberland Plateau, about 30 miles northwest of Chattanooga, where many residents commute for work. In Dunlap, the county seat, Mann+Hummel employs about 410 people, and the next-largest employers are the school system, at about 350, and the Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency, which serves 11 counties from Dunlap, at about 200. Sales tax in Dunlap is 9.75%.

Sources
  • Sequatchie County is in the Sequatchie Valley, surrounded by bluffs of the Cumberland Plateau, about 30 miles northwest of Chattanooga; many residents commute to Chattanooga for work sequatchieschools.net
  • Largest employers, all in Dunlap (the county seat): Mann + Hummel USA about 410, Sequatchie County Board of Education about 350, Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency about 200 tnecd.com
  • Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency has its office at 312 Resource Road, Dunlap, and serves 11 counties (Bledsoe, Bradley, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, Sequatchie) sethra.us
  • Combined sales tax in Dunlap is 9.75%: 7% state, 2.25% county, 0.5% city sales-taxes.com

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.3
  4. Sales tax1.6
  5. Property tax8.0

Environment

  1. Air quality5.8
  2. Floods / hurricanes6.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate9.5
  2. Life expectancy5.5
  3. Government employees1.4
  4. Single-parent households2.3

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