Pigeon Forge is a somewhat small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 6,357 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pigeon Forge is the 93rd largest community in Tennessee.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pigeon Forge is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pigeon Forge is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pigeon Forge who work in food service (17.56%), sales jobs (14.77%), and management occupations (14.56%). The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pigeon Forge has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pigeon Forge a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small city, Pigeon Forge doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Pigeon Forge, just 9.97% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Pigeon Forge in 2022 was $23,481, which is lower middle income relative to Tennessee, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $93,924 for a family of four. However, Pigeon Forge contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pigeon Forge is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pigeon Forge home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pigeon Forge residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Pigeon Forge also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.61% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Pigeon Forge include German, Irish, Dutch, English, and Scots-Irish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Pigeon Forge's cultural character, accounting for 17.10% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Pigeon Forge is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
