Sevierville vs Seymour

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

Sevierville and Seymour 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 15,914 in Seymour). Seymour has the higher median household income ($85,240 vs $55,106 in Sevierville). Sevierville has the higher median home value ($264,000 vs $262,800 in Seymour).

Population, income & housing

	Sevierville	Seymour
Population	18,105	15,914
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,106	$85,240
Median home value	$264,000	$262,800
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,530
Housing units	8,940	6,499
Homeownership rate	52.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sevierville	Seymour
Population	16,743 → 18,105 (+8.1%)	11,193 → 15,914 (+42.2%)
Median household income	$43,233 → $55,106 (+27.5%)	$57,773 → $85,240 (+47.5%)
Median home value	$188,300 → $264,000 (+40.2%)	$171,700 → $262,800 (+53.1%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $1,000 (+29.5%)	$913 → $1,530 (+67.6%)

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

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)

	Sevierville	Seymour
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	14.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	9.7%
75 and over	8.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sevierville	Seymour
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	95.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	23.3%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sevierville	Seymour
No high school diploma	14.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	34.2%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sevierville	Seymour
Drove alone	76.7%	83.0%
Carpooled	16.8%	4.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sevierville	Seymour
1-unit, detached	47.5%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	19.1%	7.8%
20 or more units	14.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Sevierville	Seymour
Poverty rate	15.3%	6.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1994	1992