Pikeville is a very small city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,821 people and three associated neighborhoods, Pikeville is the 227th largest community in Tennessee.

Another important characteristic of Pikeville is that a lot of people work in agricultural jobs, especially compared to most other communities in America, and there are quite a number of farms in town.

Being a small city, Pikeville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Pikeville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.78% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.

The per capita income in Pikeville in 2022 was $17,210, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $68,840 for a family of four. However, Pikeville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pikeville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 43.00% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Pikeville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pikeville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pikeville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Pikeville include Irish, German, English, Hungarian, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Pikeville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.