† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupGatlinburgTennesseeUnited States
English13.4%13.3%9.5%
Irish10.6%9.3%9.4%
German9.3%9.1%12.5%
American8.0%11.3%5.3%
Scottish2.7%2.2%1.3%
Scotch-Irish2.4%1.7%—
Italian2.3%2.2%4.8%
French1.3%1.3%1.6%
Honduran8.4%0.5%0.3%
Mexican7.3%3.8%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.1%0.6%1.8%
Colombian0.9%—0.4%
Guatemalan0.7%0.6%0.5%
Venezuelan0.7%0.2%—
Cuban0.5%0.2%0.7%
Salvadoran0.5%0.2%0.7%
African American†0.5%14.3%9.9%
Jamaican0.5%—0.4%
Asian Indian2.3%0.5%1.4%
Chinese0.6%0.2%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
United States
Median age
42
39.3
39.1
Age 18–24
5.4%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
22.9%
17.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
United States
Median household income
$53,475
$69,595
$84,427
Poverty rate
13.5%
13.8%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
31.8%
31.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
23.5%
8.7%
22.3%
Spanish
19.0%
5.3%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
2.6%
0.7%
2.0%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
1.2%
0.2%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Gatlinburg
Tennessee
United States
Catholic
—
4.0%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
36.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
44.5%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−33.3%
2008
−37.4%
2012
−43.5%
2016
−45.3%
2020
−40.8%
2024
−43.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
28.0%Harris434
71.1%Trump1,103
1.0%
R+43.1
R+2.3
R+41.6
1,552
R
28.5%Biden497
69.3%Trump1,208
2.2%
R+40.8
D+4.6
R+45.2
1,744
R
25.2%Clinton439
70.5%Trump1,230
4.4%
R+45.3
R+1.9
R+47.4
1,745
R
27.6%Obama511
71.1%Romney1,316
1.3%
R+43.5
R+6.1
R+47.3
1,852
R
29.6%Obama515
67.0%McCain1,165
3.4%
R+37.4
R+4.1
R+44.6
1,740
R
33.1%Kerry516
66.3%Bush1,035
0.6%
R+33.3
—
R+30.8
1,560
Gatlinburg's economy revolves almost entirely around Great Smoky Mountains tourism, giving it a transient workforce and a year-round population that skews heavily toward service-industry households — a demographic profile unusual for an otherwise rural Sevier County precinct.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 45.3 points in 2016. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 2.3 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 43.1 points.
A population of 3,663, a 74% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $53,475 describe the city.
In 2024, Gatlinburg, Tennessee voted Republican by 43.1 points (R+43.1), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,552 votes cast, 434 went Democratic and 1,103 went Republican.
How many people live in Gatlinburg, Tennessee?
Gatlinburg, Tennessee has a population of 3,663 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Gatlinburg, Tennessee?
Median household income in Gatlinburg, Tennessee is $53,475 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Gatlinburg, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Gatlinburg, Tennessee from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
