Taxes & Insurance in Pigeon Forge
Pigeon Forge shares Sevier County's no-income-tax, high-sales-tax structure, with its own mid-range city property tax rate -- and homeowners insurance runs high statewide, with real regional wildfire exposure to factor in even though Pigeon Forge itself was not directly struck by the corridor's documented 2016 fire.
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Learn moreNo state income tax, a 9.75% combined sales tax
Tennessee's constitutional ban on wage/salary income tax applies statewide. Sevier County's 9.75% combined sales tax rate (7% state + 2.75% county local option) applies identically across Pigeon Forge, Sevierville, and Gatlinburg.
Pigeon Forge's city property tax rate sits between its two corridor neighbors
Pigeon Forge's own city rate -- $0.16520 per $100 of assessed value -- is meaningfully lower than Sevierville's $0.342540, though higher than Gatlinburg's $0.1257, on top of the shared Sevier County rate of $1.48 per $100 (SalesTaxHandbook, Avalara, a Sevier County property-tax aggregator, via WebSearch synthesis, retrieved 2026-08-22).
Homeowners insurance runs high statewide; regional wildfire risk applies even without a Pigeon Forge-specific event
Tennessee's statewide average homeowners premium is $3,408/year, the 7th-highest in the country. The Smokies region's documented wildfire risk (the November 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which struck Gatlinburg directly, documented in full in that record) is a real, regional factor -- Pigeon Forge itself was not directly struck by that event, but sits in the same general hazard zone and should not be treated as risk-free by that distinction alone.
Key takeaways
- No Tennessee state income tax; 9.75% combined sales tax, identical across Sevier County.
- Pigeon Forge's city property tax rate ($0.16520 per $100 assessed) sits between Sevierville's higher rate and Gatlinburg's lower rate.
- Tennessee's statewide average homeowners insurance premium ($3,408/year) is the 7th-highest in the country.
- Pigeon Forge sits in the same regional Smokies wildfire hazard zone as Gatlinburg (directly struck by the 2016 Chimney Tops 2 Fire) even though it was not itself directly struck.
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