Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety44#521/924
Economy53#431/925
Housing83#162/925
Health20#743/925
Healthcare15#789/923
Environment83#160/917
Education31#637/925
Infrastructure25#696/925
Community13#809/925
Leisure & amenities84#148/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sevierville, TN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high15.3 /10k
98/100Tennessee 5.5 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Restaurants and bars · high19.0 /10k
98/100Tennessee 7.7 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · high11.8 /1k
97/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Effective property tax rate · low0.31%
97/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Public EV charging ports · high16.0 /10k
93/100Tennessee 4.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · low12.1 /100k
91/100Tennessee 18.0 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$868
1/100Tennessee $1,354United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Depression · high30.7%
3/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high21.4%
3/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high138 /100k
6/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Mental health providers · low103 /100k
11/100Tennessee 212 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high16.5%
12/100Tennessee 11.3%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 43% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+43 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
71.4 /100k (2021) → 25.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
9.5 /1k (2020) → 15.7 /1k (2025)
+65%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Firearm deathsImproving
23.1 /100k (2021) → 11.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Suicide rateImproving
25.1 /100k (2021) → 12.1 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Income adjusted for local pricesImproving
$50,014 (2019) → $75,162 (2024)
+50%5 yearsUS $55,567 → $73,204

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Sevierville, TN micropolitan area improved on 15 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 6 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved15

Real income+50%$50,014 → $75,162
Unemployment−7.2 points10.5% → 3.3%
Suicides−54%26.4 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Firearm deaths−52%23.3 /100k → 11.1 /100k
Uninsured−2.3 points18.8% → 16.5%

Declined4

Price / income+1.2×3.5× → 4.8×
Inequality+0.0290.424 → 0.453
Gyms−39%0.8 /10k → 0.5 /10k
Pharmacies−11%2.4 /10k → 2.2 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Sevierville, TN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	13.7 /10k2020	15.3 /10k2025	+12%	Improved	58%
Average commute time	25.8 min2015-2019	26.6 min2020-2024	+0.8 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Average weekly wage	$6802020	$8682025	+28%	Improved	83%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	77.4%2015-2019	86.5%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	53%
Child poverty rate	20.5%2015-2019	18.9%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Distance to an airport	24 mi2020	24 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	50.7 /100k2020	25.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−50%	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.38%2015-2019	0.31%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	30%
Firearm deaths	23.3 /100k2020	11.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−52%	Improved	99%
Grocery stores	1.6 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+9.7%	Improved	77%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.8 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−39%	Declined	8%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	88%
Home price to income ratio	3.5×2015-2019	4.8×2020-2024	+1.2×	Declined	6%
Homicide rate	3.8 /100k2020	3.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−7.9%	Improved	29%
Income adjusted for local prices	$50,0142019	$75,1622024	+50%	Improved	98%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4242015-2019	0.4532020-2024	+0.029	Declined	7%
Median household income	$49,6102015-2019	$62,5812020-2024	+26%	Improved	46%
New business applications	9.5 /1k2020	15.7 /1k2025	+65%	Improved	76%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	45%
Poverty rate	13.7%2015-2019	13.5%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Property crime rate	1,872 /100k2020	1,274 /100k2025	−32%	Improved	46%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−2.8%	Little change	40%
Rent as share of income	28.2%2015-2019	25.9%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent-burdened households	44.9%2015-2019	40.5%2020-2024	−4.3 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Restaurants and bars	18.3 /10k2020	18.9 /10k2025	+3.5%	Little change	61%
Suicide rate	26.4 /100k2020	12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−54%	Improved	99%
Traffic deaths	17.1 /100k2015-2019	17.4 /100k2020-2024	+2.1%	Little change	58%
Unemployment rate	10.5%2020	3.3%2025	−7.2 points	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.8%2015-2019	16.5%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Improved	88%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 675 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Sevierville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sevierville, TN micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Sevierville, TN micropolitan area itself moved +8.9 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

99,652 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

40,344 households (±762)

Sevierville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%6,914
$25k–50k23%9,234
$50k–75k18%7,227

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

40,344 households (±762)

Sevierville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Own71%28,519
Rent29%11,825

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

48,155 workers (±1,199)

Sevierville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%38,104
Carpool12%5,986
Public transit0.2%†114

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Sevierville, TN micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Sevierville, TN has 3,117 employer establishments, 310 for every 10,000 residents (1.25× the US rate of 248), with 47,891 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,211. The Census Bureau also counts 10,089 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 3,117; 10,089 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 310; US 248
Paid employees: 47,891
Average annual pay: $38,211; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sevierville, TN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	390	38.8	2.11×More than typical	10,365	$28,675	66
Traveler accommodation	204	20.3	11.3×More than typical	5,204	$37,692	111
Lessors of real estate	198	19.7	1.60×More than typical	2,004	$48,181	1,509
Full-service restaurants	186	18.5	2.41×More than typical	7,203	$31,681	30
Clothing and accessories stores	162	16.1	4.45×More than typical	2,072	$25,290	110
Specialty trade contractors	161	16	1.04×About typical	1,056	$51,460	792
Limited-service restaurants	137	13.6	1.70×More than typical	2,466	$21,018	26
Ambulatory health care services	132	13.1	0.63×Fewer than typical	1,008	$60,907	177
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	101	10.1	3.78×More than typical	4,868	$32,953	66
Services to buildings and dwellings	95	9.5	1.40×More than typical	727	$35,307	1,386
Construction of buildings	94	9.4	1.24×About typical	487	$59,542	561
Religious organizations	85	8.5	1.53×More than typical	576	$25,536	—

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 100,410 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $11.5M on contracts performed in Sevierville, TN micropolitan area: $113 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $11.5M; −5.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $113; US $1,994
Sole-source: 10%; US 30%
Single offer: 3.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Park Service$6.8M59%
Federal Highway Administration$4.1M36%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$371K3.2%
Forest Service$128.4K1.1%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$18.6K0.2%
Federal Acquisition Service$18.1K0.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs$16.7K0.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

48.2MFY2017
6.7MFY2018
12.4MFY2019
16.3MFY2020
14MFY2021
18.5MFY2022
7.3MFY2023
31.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$4M35%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$2.8M25%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$1.2M10%
Waste collection · 5621$746.6K6.5%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$643.2K5.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $656.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Sevierville, TN micropolitan area: $6,475 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $656.2M; −4.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,475; US $12,955
Loan face value: $31.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$433.6M66%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$81.4M12%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$57.1M8.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$37.7M5.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$12.7M1.9%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$6.9M1.1%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$6.1M0.9%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$4.3M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$14.7M2.2%
NASHVILLE, TN
UNITED DATA TECHNOLOGIES INC$1.5M0.2%
HOLLYWOOD, FL
SEVIERVILLE HOUSING AUTHORITY$876.9K0.1%
SEVIERVILLE, TN
WEBB CREEK UTILITY DISTRICT$857K0.1%
GATLINBURG, TN
BELMONT FARMS OF TENNESSEE LLC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$541.2M82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$91.9M14%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$14.7M2.2%
Department of Transportation
Railroad Retirement Board$4.3M0.7%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$876.9K

Assistance by fiscal year

568.3MFY2021
569.6MFY2022
632.6MFY2023
634.7MFY2024
684.4MFY2025
656.2MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Sevierville, TN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Sevier CountyCentral county40101,342

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

SeviervillePrincipal city18,397

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Areas based in Tennessee, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved15

Declined4

Metro and micro areas like Sevierville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Sevierville, TN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved15

Declined4

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought