Fairgarden vs Pigeon Forge

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

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

Pigeon Forge has the higher population (6,345 vs 404 in Fairgarden). Pigeon Forge has the higher median household income ($53,839 vs $43,553 in Fairgarden). Pigeon Forge has the higher median home value ($258,700 vs $236,600 in Fairgarden).

Population, income & housing

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
Population	404	6,345
Median age	58.1 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$43,553	$53,839
Median home value	$236,600	$258,700
Median gross rent	—	$953
Housing units	252	5,113
Homeownership rate	94.0%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
Population	493 → 404 (-18.1%)	6,229 → 6,345 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$41,719 → $43,553 (+4.4%)	$45,660 → $53,839 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $236,600 (+62.1%)	$171,600 → $258,700 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$755 → $953 (+26.2%)

Fairgarden

Population

493404

Median household income

$41,719$43,553

Median home value

$146,000$236,600

Pigeon Forge

Population

6,2296,345

Median household income

$45,660$53,839

Median home value

$171,600$258,700

Median gross rent

$755$953

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
Under 5	9.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	3.5%	23.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	18.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	33.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.7%
75 and over	10.4%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
No high school diploma	0.0%	25.8%
High school graduate	35.7%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	46.2%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
Drove alone	100.0%	76.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
1-unit, detached	87.3%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	20.7%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairgarden	Pigeon Forge
Poverty rate	0.0%	23.0%
Average household size	1.60	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1999	1996