Pigeon Forge vs Sevierville

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

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

Sevierville has the higher population (18,105 vs 6,345 in Pigeon Forge). Sevierville has the higher median household income ($55,106 vs $53,839 in Pigeon Forge). Sevierville has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $258,700 in Pigeon Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
Population	6,345	18,105
Median age	35.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$55,106
Median home value	$258,700	$264,000
Median gross rent	$953	$1,000
Housing units	5,113	8,940
Homeownership rate	49.5%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
Population	6,229 → 6,345 (+1.9%)	16,743 → 18,105 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$45,660 → $53,839 (+17.9%)	$43,233 → $55,106 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $258,700 (+50.8%)	$188,300 → $264,000 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $953 (+26.2%)	$772 → $1,000 (+29.5%)

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

Sevierville

Population

16,74318,105

Median household income

$43,233$55,106

Median home value

$188,300$264,000

Median gross rent

$772$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	10.4%
25 to 34	11.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.3%
75 and over	7.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	66.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	7.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	23.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
No high school diploma	25.8%	14.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
Drove alone	76.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	17.4%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
1-unit, detached	50.2%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	19.1%
20 or more units	20.7%	14.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Pigeon Forge	Sevierville
Poverty rate	23.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1996	1994