Another notable thing is that Gatlinburg is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the city experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller city.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Gatlinburg has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Gatlinburg a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Gatlinburg spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.29 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Gatlinburg, even though it is a small city, has many people who use public transportation every day to get to and from work. This is a great benefit for people in the, city who have a need for low-cost transportation.
The percentage of people in Gatlinburg who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.34% of adults in Gatlinburg have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Gatlinburg in 2022 was $27,682, which is middle income relative to Tennessee, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,728 for a family of four. However, Gatlinburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gatlinburg is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Gatlinburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gatlinburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Gatlinburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.90% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Gatlinburg include English, German, Scottish, Irish, and Scots-Irish.
In addition, Gatlinburg has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (17.16%).
The most common language spoken in Gatlinburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
