Fairgarden vs Gatlinburg

A side-by-side comparison of Fairgarden and Gatlinburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Fairgarden and Gatlinburg are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gatlinburg has the higher population (3,643 vs 404 in Fairgarden). Gatlinburg has the higher median household income ($57,760 vs $43,553 in Fairgarden). Gatlinburg has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $236,600 in Fairgarden).

Population, income & housing

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
Population	404	3,643
Median age	58.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,553	$57,760
Median home value	$236,600	$286,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,056
Housing units	252	4,775
Homeownership rate	94.0%	66.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
Population	493 → 404 (-18.1%)	4,004 → 3,643 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $43,553 (+4.4%)	$40,802 → $57,760 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $236,600 (+62.1%)	$210,600 → $286,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $1,056 (+33.3%)

Fairgarden

Population

493404

Median household income

$41,719$43,553

Median home value

$146,000$236,600

Gatlinburg

Population

4,0043,643

Median household income

$40,802$57,760

Median home value

$210,600$286,500

Median gross rent

$792$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
Under 5	9.4%	3.3%
5 to 17	3.5%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	18.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	7.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	3.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	33.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.2%
75 and over	10.4%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.7%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
Drove alone	100.0%	59.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	0.0%	12.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
1-unit, detached	87.3%	54.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	15.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Fairgarden	Gatlinburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.4%
Average household size	1.60	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1999	1988