Pigeon Forge vs Pittman Center

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

Pigeon Forge and Pittman Center 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 521 in Pittman Center). Pittman Center has the higher median household income ($72,656 vs $53,839 in Pigeon Forge). Pittman Center has the higher median home value ($329,600 vs $258,700 in Pigeon Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
Population	6,345	521
Median age	35.4 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$72,656
Median home value	$258,700	$329,600
Median gross rent	$953	$832
Housing units	5,113	512
Homeownership rate	49.5%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
Population	6,229 → 6,345 (+1.9%)	595 → 521 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$45,660 → $53,839 (+17.9%)	$50,000 → $72,656 (+45.3%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $258,700 (+50.8%)	$251,700 → $329,600 (+30.9%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $953 (+26.2%)	$721 → $832 (+15.4%)

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

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)

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	23.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.9%
75 and over	7.5%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
No high school diploma	25.8%	4.3%
High school graduate	34.8%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
Drove alone	76.1%	89.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
1-unit, detached	50.2%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	10.7%
20 or more units	20.7%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Pigeon Forge	Pittman Center
Poverty rate	23.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.69	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1996	1979