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Population (year 2000): 5,083. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,784 (+13.8% change)
Males: 2,430 (47.8%), Females: 2,653 (52.2%)
Sevier County
Zip codes:
37863.
Median resident age: 37.6 years
Median household income: $30,746 (year 2000)
Median house value: $135,400 (year 2000)
Races in Pigeon Forge:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.0%)
- Hispanic (3.7%)
- Other race (1.9%)
- Two or more races (1.2%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: United States (18.7%), Irish
(12.5%), German (11.5%), English (7.5%), French (3.0%), Italian
(2.7%).
Elevation: 1010 feet
Land area: 11.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Pigeon Forge
- High school or higher: 69.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 7.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Pigeon Forge city
- Never married: 19.3%
- Now married: 62.1%
- Separated: 1.6%
- Widowed: 6.2%
- Divorced: 10.7%
4.4% Foreign born (2.3% Latin America, 0.9%
Asia, 0.8% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,212 (+31.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Pigeon Forge:
- FORT SANDERS SEVIER MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles;
SEVIERVILLE, TN)
- JEFFERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles;
JEFFERSON CITY, TN)
- UNIVERSITY OF TN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 25 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Pigeon Forge:
- MC GHEE TYSON (about 29 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; ID:
TYS)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 76 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
- TRI-CITIES RGNL TN/VA (about 93 miles;
BRISTOL/JOHNSON/KINGSPORT, TN; ID: TRI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Pigeon Forge:
- GATLINBURG-PIGEON FORGE (about 6 miles; SEVIERVILLE,
TN; ID: GKT)
- KNOXVILLE DOWNTOWN ISLAND (about 24 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN; ID: DKX)
- MOORE-MURRELL (about 30 miles; MORRISTOWN, TN; ID:
MOR)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Pigeon Forge:
- CARSON-NEWMAN COLLEGE (about 23 miles; JEFFERSON
CITY, TN; Full-time enrollment: 2,073)
- THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (about 31 miles;
KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 23,333)
- PELLISSIPPI STATE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about
31 miles; KNOXVILLE, TN; FT enrollment: 5,196)
- WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 34 miles;
MORRISTOWN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,893)
- WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 47 miles;
CULLOWHEE, NC; FT enrollment: 5,843)
- ROANE STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 68 miles;
HARRIMAN, TN; FT enrollment: 3,490)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE (about 71
miles; ASHEVILLE, NC; FT enrollment: 2,759)
Public high school in Pigeon Forge:
- PIGEON FORGE HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 697;
Location: 310 WEARS VALLEY RD; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Pigeon Forge:
- PIGEON FORGE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 682;
Location: 300 WEARS VALLEY RD; Grades: 05 - 08)
Library in Pigeon Forge:
- PIGEON FORGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $332,414; Location: 2449 LIBRARY DRIVE; 14,957
books; 192 audio materials; 824 video materials; 197
serial subscriptions)
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