Pigeon Forge vs Seymour

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

Pigeon Forge 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 6,345 in Pigeon Forge). Seymour has the higher median household income ($85,240 vs $53,839 in Pigeon Forge). Seymour has the higher median home value ($262,800 vs $258,700 in Pigeon Forge).

Population, income & housing

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
Population	6,345	15,914
Median age	35.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,839	$85,240
Median home value	$258,700	$262,800
Median gross rent	$953	$1,530
Housing units	5,113	6,499
Homeownership rate	49.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
Population	6,229 → 6,345 (+1.9%)	11,193 → 15,914 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$45,660 → $53,839 (+17.9%)	$57,773 → $85,240 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$171,600 → $258,700 (+50.8%)	$171,700 → $262,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $953 (+26.2%)	$913 → $1,530 (+67.6%)

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

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)

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.5%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	8.7%	9.7%
75 and over	7.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	2.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
No high school diploma	25.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
Drove alone	76.1%	83.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
1-unit, detached	50.2%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	20.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Pigeon Forge	Seymour
Poverty rate	23.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.69	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1996	1992