The story of this market
The typical home in Sevier County, Tennessee sells for about $475,000, or $277 per square foot.
Prices are roughly flat from a year ago (-0.63%), a market in balance. Homes take about 93 days to sell, which is slow. Over the long run, values in this county have grown 210% since 2000. Last year 17 of 25 neighborhoods saw prices rise, so the story isn't the same street to street. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,213 a month.
HUD sets the fair market rent for a 2-bedroom at $1,213 a month. FEMA's National Risk Index rates overall hazard risk here as Relatively Low.
Price climate
Every year of price change, 2000–2025
+3.9%
2025
Each stripe is one year's median price change across the area's census tracts (FHFA repeat-sales index). Deep blue is a strong gain year, red a falling year. Best: 2022 (+28.3%). Worst: 2010 (-7.7%). Hover to read a year.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
-0.4%
TN · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Rent benchmark
Fair market rent by size
$1,569
3-bed / month
HUD Fair Market Rents, fiscal 2027, for this county. A typical rent for a modest unit, used to set housing-voucher payments.
Neighborhood price trend
Long-run price trend, 2000–2025
+3.9%
2025 change
FHFA repeat-sales index, median of 25 census tracts in this county (2000 = 100). Bars are each year's median change.
Natural hazard exposure
The area's risk shape
42
Relatively Low
FEMA National Risk Index. Each spoke is a hazard ranked nationally, where 100 is the most exposed. Expected annual loss: $32,080,447.
Mortgage activity
Home lending in this county
73.8%
2018 approval rate
| Year | Applications | Loans made | Approval | Investor share | Median home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6126 | 3040 | 73.8% | 20.5% | $205,000 |
CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act records: every mortgage application reported by lenders for homes in this county. Approval rate is approved ÷ decided (withdrawn and incomplete files excluded). Investor share and home value are the median census tract.
Sevier County, Tennessee
Sevier County's housing market has normalized into a balanced footing, with median sales prices settling near $475,000 and days on market extending to 93 days. High inventory levels of active vacation cabins and residential properties provide buyers with enhanced negotiation power. The area maintains sustained baseline demand anchored by steady regional inbound migration and premier proximity to Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
No ARED distress-ledger coverage for this county yet — the foreclosure ingest rotates the national county directory, and filings appear here once the county's posted notices are read. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
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Median prices moved down 1.0% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 66 days on market with 0.2 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 5.85% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 3.7% · poverty 10.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this county — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Deterministic aggregate of 9 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Sevier County, Tennessee — researched county-level history with a deterministic 1 / 3 / 5-year projection
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 11.5%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
No researched properties in this county yet — the property base layer populates as property research runs, and each property feeds its ZIP's roll-up.
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| 37722 | Cosby | $232,450 | $185 | +1.1% | 46 | 98.5% | 12% | 5.2 | 169 | $1,106 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37738 | Gatlinburg | $414,067 | $264 | -7.6% | 62 | — | — | — | 673 | $1,133 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37764 | Kodak | $399,900 | $255 | +1.1% | 57 | 98% | 15% | 3.5 | 124 | $1,212 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37838 | — | $436,000 | $237 | 0% | 54 | 98% | — | 3.3 | 1,602 | $2,000 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37862 | Sevierville | $695,000 | $368 | 0% | 69 | — | — | — | 869 | $1,004 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37863 | Pigeon Forge | $549,900 | $357 | 0% | 37 | — | — | — | 373 | $1,039 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37865 | Seymour | $588,000 | $348 | +6% | 63 | 98% | 4.2% | 3.9 | 1,499 | $1,351 | researched Sep 17 |
| 37868 | Pigeon Forge | $349,000 | $189 | +4.1% | 51 | — | — | — | 750 | $2,000 | researched Sep 21 |
| 37876 | Sevierville | $475,000 | $332 | 0% | 35 | — | — | — | 1,291 | $1,085 | researched Sep 20 |
Figures are each ZIP report's own latest research — the county roll-up aggregates them sales_count-weighted (population fallback); ZIPs cycle quarterly.
Violent crime across Sevier County remains below national benchmarks, though localized property crime rates fluctuate significantly around tourist hubs in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg. Residential rural zones report low violent incident rates relative to urban East Tennessee.
Public education is operated countywide by Sevier County Public Schools, with several elementary and intermediate schools scoring 7/10 or higher on GreatSchools. The district maintains solid regional graduation rates and strong vocational-technical training programs.
Wildfire is a predominant hazard in the foothills, with roughly 99% of parcels exposed to wildfire risk following historical lessons from the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 fire. Valley and creek flood risks are categorized as extreme in First Street metrics for low-lying drainage corridors.
Economic growth is heavily driven by tourism expansion around Dollywood, Great Smoky Mountains National Park access points, and ongoing commercial development along US-441 and Highway 66. Hospitality, cabin management, and amusement infrastructure maintain sustained private capital flows.
Tennessee levies no individual personal income tax. Sevier County features a low property tax rate of roughly $1.48 per $100 of assessed value, calculated at 25% of appraised market value for residential real estate, yielding an effective tax rate well under 0.50%.
Commuters heading west into Knoxville primarily rely on US-441 North and Interstate 40 from Sevierville and Kodak, with typical drive times of 35 to 50 minutes. In-county traffic along the Parkway between Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg experiences heavy seasonal visitor delays.
The county contains 30 percent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, providing world-class hiking, fishing, and scenic drives. Abundant commercial recreation including Dollywood, Ober Mountain, golf resorts, and Douglas Lake water sports provides comprehensive outdoor and leisure activities.
Residential permitting remains concentrated in custom mountain cabins and short-term rental construction, alongside single-family subdivision growth around Sevierville and Seymour. Municipal building offices report steady infill and resort expansion projects.
The rental landscape is heavily bifurcated between a lucrative, competitive short-term vacation rental (STR) cabin market and a constrained long-term workforce housing segment. Investor demand remains elevated for income-generating cabins despite tightening occupancy yields post-pandemic.
Sevier County's economy is anchored by its multi-billion-dollar tourism and hospitality industry, hosting over 12 million visitors annually. Supplementing leisure services are manufacturing, regional health care, retail distribution, and construction supporting the vacation-home sector.
Primary vehicular corridors include Interstate 40 at the county's northern boundary and the heavily traveled US-441 (Parkway) connecting Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg. Mass transit is limited to local municipal trolley networks serving tourist strips and connections toward Knoxville.
Planning commissions across Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, and Gatlinburg are prioritizing traffic mitigation along the Parkway, regulating slope-density cabin developments, and encouraging higher-density workforce housing initiatives. Infrastructure upgrades focus on utility expansion to northern annexation corridors.
The Sevier County Property Assessor evaluates real estate under Tennessee state law on a cyclical four-to-five-year reappraisal schedule. Residential property assessments are applied at 25% of appraised fair market value for ad valorem taxation.
Special taxation and operational districts include municipal service districts in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, utility districts managing rural water distribution, and the Sevier County Tourism Development Zone. Fire protection outside municipalities is coordinated through volunteer and countywide emergency service districts.
Wildfire risk and mountain terrain have led to tighter underwriting criteria and elevated premiums for ridge-top cabins, particularly structures lacking defensible clearance or municipal hydrant access. Flood insurance requirements attach strictly along the Little Pigeon River watershed.
- Dollywood4.62.6 mi
- Anakeesta4.27.9 mi
- The Island in Pigeon Forge4.73.9 mi
- Ober Mountain4.19.2 mi
- Soaky Mountain Waterpark4.46.3 mi
- Anakeesta4.27.9 mi
- Dolly Parton's Stampede4.63.9 mi
- Neyland Stadium4.725 mi
- Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center4.624.9 mi
- Pirates Voyage Dinner & Show4.64 mi
- Dollywood4.62.6 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park4.915 mi
- Titanic Museum Attraction4.64.1 mi
- Anakeesta4.27.9 mi
- The Island in Pigeon Forge4.73.9 mi
- Titanic Museum Attraction4.64.1 mi
- Oconaluftee Visitor Center4.824.5 mi
- Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail4.810.4 mi
- Alcatraz East Crime Museum4.54 mi
- Bush's Visitor Center4.811.7 mi
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park4.915 mi
- Anakeesta4.27.9 mi
- Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail4.810.4 mi
- Ober Mountain4.19.2 mi
- Grotto Falls4.811.1 mi
- Gatlinburg Golf Course4.23.4 mi
- Bent Creek Golf Course3.710.1 mi
- Island Pointe Golf Club4.213.1 mi
- Amazing Mirror Maze & Circus Golf4.28.1 mi
- Patriot Hills Golf Club4.316.2 mi
- Tanger Outlets Sevierville4.53.5 mi
- Publix Super Market at Valley Forge Shopping Center4.64.2 mi
- Three Bears General Store4.53.9 mi
- Great Smokies Flea Market4.412.3 mi
- Publix Super Market at Smoky Mountain Gateway4.65.4 mi
- McGhee Tyson Airport4.427.6 mi
- Smoky Mountain Skydive4.913.1 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this county — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
Encompassing the southern half of the county, America's most visited national park delivers over 800 miles of maintained trails, premier biodiversity, historic structures, and scenic mountain ridges directly accessible from Gatlinburg.
World-renowned 160-acre theme park and water park in Pigeon Forge owned by Dolly Parton and Herschend Family Entertainment, acting as the county's single largest private recreational anchor and employer.
TVA reservoir spanning over 30,000 acres in northern Sevier County that provides premier bass fishing, public boat ramps, recreational boating, and lakefront living amenities.
Mountaintop theme park located in downtown Gatlinburg offering chairlifts, treetop canopy skywalks, single-rail mountain coasters, and panoramic vistas of Mount LeConte.
36-hole municipal championship golf facility nestled against the foothills of the Smokies, featuring two distinct courses (The River and The Highlands) open to residents and visitors.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS tables for Sevier County (FIPS 47155); vacancy elevated due to seasonal vacation homes.