Tennessee · Census place 4728800

Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Gatlinburg is a city in Sevier County, Tennessee with an estimated 3,703 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 126th largest of 232 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,703; #126 of 232 in Tennessee
Change since 2020: +4.2%; +148 people
Land area: 10.4 sq mi
Density: 355 / sq mi; State median 947

Orange pin: Gatlinburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Nashville.

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Gatlinburg population, 2020 to 2024

Gatlinburg added 148 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by -17.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,574. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Gatlinburg covers 10.44 square miles of land, for 355 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Gatlinburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Gatlinburg is in

All of Gatlinburg's residents live in Sevier County, which had 100,184 residents in 2024. Gatlinburg holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Gatlinburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gatlinburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 37738. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Gatlinburg is

The Census internal point of Gatlinburg is at 35.725000, -83.493700. Nashville, the capital, is 186.5 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pigeon Forge, TN (6,446 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 30.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 35.725000, -83.493700
DMS: 35°43'30.00"N 83°29'37.32"W
UTM: 17N 274448.2E 3956314.7N
Geohash: dnkehp99p
Plus code: 867RPGG4+2G

Daylight in Gatlinburg

At 35.73° N, Gatlinburg gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Gatlinburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Pigeon Forge, 6.4 miles away, with 6,446 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Gatlinburg, TN?

3,703 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 148 (4.2%) from 3,555 in July 2020.

What county is Gatlinburg in?

Sevier County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Gatlinburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 37738.

How far is Gatlinburg from Nashville?

186.5 miles (300.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Gatlinburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Gatlinburg?

Pigeon Forge, TN, with 6,446 residents, 6.4 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.