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Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#356 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.3B
GDP growth
+9.1%
Jobs tracked
67,429
Employers
6,550
Avg. wage
$52.4k
Population
299,273
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$108.1k±$2.3k
Business applications
5,475 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Chart Industries, Inc.Industrials$4.3B60C2Smith Douglas Homes Corp.Real Estate$971.1M38D3Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$19.5M59C4Woodstock Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$4.3M——

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care21%
Manufacturing12%
Construction12%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
299,273
residents · 2025 · +11.6% since 2020
Income per capita $74.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+22,290
International migration+4,775
Natural change+3,981

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$8.6B
2019
$8.9B
2020
$9.8B
2021
$11.0B
2022
$12.1B
2023
$13.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$435.1k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±0.7%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
1,524 (5.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
85.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 95Hail 86Cold wave 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
391
2016
421
2017
461
2018
491
2019
514
2020
595
2021
737
2022
788
2023
843
2024
861
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-575
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
GNRR
Nearest port
115.6 km
Chattanooga, TN
Nearest commercial airport
67.6 km
HARTSFIELD/JACKSON ATLANTA INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

12 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KChart Industries, Inc.06-22
8-KSonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.06-18
10-KSonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.06-16
8-KChart Industries, Inc.06-15
8-KSmith Douglas Homes Corp.06-10
8-KChart Industries, Inc.05-21
10-QChart Industries, Inc.05-11
DEF 14ASonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.05-05
8-KSonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.04-30
10-QSmith Douglas Homes Corp.04-30
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Merced$13.3BScott$13.3BYakima$13.3BUnion$13.1BLackawanna$13.4BOrange$13.1B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $13.3B in 2024, growing 9.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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