Sevierville, TN, Tennessee: Populist metro. In 2024, voted R+61%. Republican peak: R+87 in 1920.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+61MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- PopulistAkashic typology
- Population
- 99,6522024 5-year
- Median household income
- $62,5812024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.1%2024 5-year
- Black
- 1.2%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 9.6%2024 5-year
- Peak Republican margin
- R+87 in 1920MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Sevierville, TN, TNOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 8,322 | 35,207 | 43,970 | ||
| R | 8,721 | 33,783 | 43,535 | ||
| R | 6,297 | 28,629 | 36,312 | ||
| R | 7,418 | 25,984 | 33,864 | ||
| R | 8,604 | 24,922 | 33,941 | ||
| R | 8,621 | 22,143 | 30,970 | ||
| R | 8,208 | 16,734 | 25,365 | ||
| R | 7,136 | 11,847 | 20,846 | ||
| R | 6,719 | 11,714 | 21,266 | ||
| R | 3,643 | 11,920 | 15,631 | ||
| R | 3,384 | 12,517 | 16,041 | ||
| R | 3,450 | 10,576 | 14,439 | ||
| R | 3,993 | 7,608 | 11,814 | ||
| R | 1,128 | 8,273 | 9,578 | ||
| R | 1,112 | 7,629 | 10,217 | ||
| R | 2,995 | 6,821 | 9,816 | ||
| R | 1,341 | 7,818 | 9,192 | ||
| R | 1,043 | 6,950 | 8,038 | ||
| R | 1,066 | 7,244 | 8,310 | ||
| R | 840 | 5,049 | 6,003 | ||
| R | 711 | 4,930 | 5,651 | ||
| R | 1,181 | 4,569 | 5,750 | ||
| R | 1,144 | 4,126 | 5,308 | ||
| R | 887 | 3,075 | 3,993 | ||
| R | 308 | 3,858 | 4,171 | ||
| R | 448 | 3,517 | 3,989 | ||
| R | 404 | 6,006 | 6,417 | ||
| R | 301 | 2,837 | 3,139 | ||
| O | 341 | 967 | 3,719 | ||
| R | 291 | 3,130 | 3,423 | ||
| R | 300 | 2,886 | 3,191 | ||
| R | 382 | 2,595 | 2,983 | ||
| R | 428 | 3,376 | 3,821 | ||
| R | 461 | 2,463 | 2,997 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
15.6%
Irish
12.4%
German
10.9%
American
9.3%
Scottish
3.1%
Italian
2.7%
French
1.5%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 43.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$62,581
Sevierville, TN ranks near the middle of US counties.
Sevierville, TN$62,581
Tennessee$69,595
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
13.5%
Children face moderate poverty.
Children under 1818.9%
Working age (18–64)11.9%
Seniors (65+)13.2%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
89.9%
speak English only
Spanish7.4%
Other Indo-European1.9%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.4%
Other languages0.4%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 41.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Sevierville anchors a mountain corridor that draws tens of millions of visitors annually, producing an unusually high ratio of hospitality workers to year-round residents and a voter base that has trended reliably Republican by double-digit margins in recent cycles.
The Democratic margin in Sevierville, TN peaked at an earlier high. The 2024 margin was sixty-one points, the most Republican-leaning result in the metro's modern history.
The economic context is the key. The median household income of $62,581 sits well below state and national norms, and 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The shift here is part of a broader realignment of working-class places across the country.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Sevierville, TN, Tennessee vote in 2024?
In 2024, Sevierville, TN, Tennessee voted Republican by 61.1 points (R+61), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 43,970 votes cast, 8,322 went Democratic and 35,207 went Republican.
What is Sevierville, TN, Tennessee's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Sevierville, TN, Tennessee as a "Populist" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 0 times, Republican 33 times, and other 1 times.
How many people live in Sevierville, TN, Tennessee?
Sevierville, TN, Tennessee has a population of 99,652 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Sevierville, TN, Tennessee?
Median household income in Sevierville, TN, Tennessee is $62,581 — below the national median of $80,734. The Tennessee state median is $69,595.
What is the political history of Sevierville, TN, Tennessee?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Sevierville, TN, Tennessee from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 33 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Populist" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.