With 3,663 people, Gatlinburg is a city in Tennessee. Households here earn about 23% less than in Tennessee as a whole. The median age is 42.0, about 3 years above the US median. Households take in $53,475 at the median, 35% less than the US figure. The average commute runs 19 minutes. The foreign-born share is 20%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $53,475, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 33%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Gatlinburg
What changed most since 1990
Median age44.2 → 42.0(−2.2 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Hispanic share1.1% → 21.9%(+20.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
White share98.6% → 71.5%(−27.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Gatlinburg's population equals 3.7% of Sevier County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 9.6% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 2.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.1%(47)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)22.4%(58)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.8%(116)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(9)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 259 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Gatlinburg, decade by decade
Gatlinburg population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
3,355
$59,822
$220,806
20.2%
3.4
2000
3,382
$68,505
$249,567
18.8%
12.2
2010
3,944
$52,646
$231,466
17.6%
41.7
2020
3,577
$49,738
$309,434
22.8%
47.7
2024
3,663
$53,475
$332,000
31.8%
54.8
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
