Gatlinburg vs Pittman Center

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

Gatlinburg and Pittman Center 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 521 in Pittman Center). Pittman Center has the higher median household income ($72,656 vs $57,760 in Gatlinburg). Pittman Center has the higher median home value ($329,600 vs $286,500 in Gatlinburg).

Population, income & housing

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
Population	3,643	521
Median age	44.6 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,760	$72,656
Median home value	$286,500	$329,600
Median gross rent	$1,056	$832
Housing units	4,775	512
Homeownership rate	66.6%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
Population	4,004 → 3,643 (-9.0%)	595 → 521 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$40,802 → $57,760 (+41.6%)	$50,000 → $72,656 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $286,500 (+36.0%)	$251,700 → $329,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $1,056 (+33.3%)	$721 → $832 (+15.4%)

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

Pittman Center

Population

595521

Median household income

$50,000$72,656

Median home value

$251,700$329,600

Median gross rent

$721$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
Under 5	3.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.4%	22.6%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	6.9%
75 and over	9.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
No high school diploma	10.0%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
Drove alone	59.6%	89.0%
Carpooled	17.9%	5.3%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
1-unit, detached	54.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	10.7%
20 or more units	19.5%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Gatlinburg	Pittman Center
Poverty rate	12.4%	7.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	27
Median year structure built	1988	1979