Rank

1212of 3,144

Sevier, Tennessee

Score 6.48 / 10· population 99,415

Sevier County has Sevierville as its county seat, plus Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, where Great Smoky Mountains National Park keeps its headquarters; visitors spent $3.93 billion in the county in 2024. Homeowners in the county paid a median of $851 in property tax in 2024, compared with $3,211 across the US. The West Prong of the Little Pigeon River rose out of its banks in Gatlinburg in April 2020 and again in January 2024.

Sources
  • Since 1795 the Sevier County seat has been at Sevierville. seviercountytn.gov
  • Sevier County and the Cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg and the Town of Pittman Center jointly proclaimed Dolly Parton Day. seviercountytn.gov
  • Tourism in Sevier County generated $3,929,693,370 in visitor spending in 2024. seviercountytn.gov
  • Great Smoky Mountains National Park's mailing address is 107 Park Headquarters Road, Gatlinburg, TN. nps.gov
  • Median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied housing units in Sevier County were $851 (Census ACS 2024 1-year, table B25103). api.censusreporter.org
  • US median real estate taxes paid by owner-occupied housing units were $3,211 (Census ACS 2024 1-year, table B25103). api.censusreporter.org
  • At the NWS gauge on the West Prong Little Pigeon River at Gatlinburg (Aquarium Bridge), Sevier County, the river is out of its banks at 8 feet. api.water.noaa.gov
  • That gauge crested at 10.68 feet on April 13, 2020 and at 9.86 feet on January 9, 2024. api.water.noaa.gov

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)8.3
  2. 2A (state)10.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President8.0
  4. Sales tax1.1
  5. Property tax8.5

Environment

  1. Air quality5.7
  2. Floods / hurricanes1.6

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate7.9
  2. Life expectancy3.7
  3. Government employees6.1
  4. Single-parent households2.7

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