Gateway to the Smokies, where tourism density shapes the ballot
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.
| Group | Sevierville, TN | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 91.3% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(14) | 5.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 1.6% | 4.0% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.9% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(4) | 0.9% | 12.2% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(1) | 0.3% | 0.9% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -73.8pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45.4% | 78.0% | — | — | |
| 5.2% | 8.9% | — | — | |
| 5.1% | 8.7% | — | — | |
| 1.3% | 2.2% | — | — | |
| 1.2% | 2.1% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 0.5% | 0.8% | — | — |
Non-religiousPopulation | 41.9% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Sevierville, TN metro area? 348,807 residents across 4 counties.
17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 16pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| President vs Senate | R+61.1 | R+59.4 | 1.7pp |