Gatlinburg vs Seymour

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

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

Seymour has the higher population (15,914 vs 3,643 in Gatlinburg). Seymour has the higher median household income ($85,240 vs $57,760 in Gatlinburg). Gatlinburg has the higher median home value ($286,500 vs $262,800 in Seymour).

Population, income & housing

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
Population	3,643	15,914
Median age	44.6 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,760	$85,240
Median home value	$286,500	$262,800
Median gross rent	$1,056	$1,530
Housing units	4,775	6,499
Homeownership rate	66.6%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
Population	4,004 → 3,643 (-9.0%)	11,193 → 15,914 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$40,802 → $57,760 (+41.6%)	$57,773 → $85,240 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$210,600 → $286,500 (+36.0%)	$171,700 → $262,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $1,056 (+33.3%)	$913 → $1,530 (+67.6%)

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

Seymour

Population

11,19315,914

Median household income

$57,773$85,240

Median home value

$171,700$262,800

Median gross rent

$913$1,530

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
Under 5	3.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.0%
55 to 64	14.2%	13.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	9.7%
75 and over	9.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
No high school diploma	10.0%	7.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
Drove alone	59.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	17.9%	4.1%
Public transit	3.0%	0.2%
Walked	12.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
1-unit, detached	54.6%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	7.8%
20 or more units	19.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Gatlinburg	Seymour
Poverty rate	12.4%	6.6%
Average household size	2.58	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	17	31
Median year structure built	1988	1992