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Whitley

United States · GDP 2024
#1482 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
+6.2%
Jobs tracked
10,058
Employers
629
Avg. wage
$44.6k
Population
37,297
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$44.6k±$4.4k
Business applications
346 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

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
Health care35%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Education14%
Manufacturing13%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,297
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $47.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+599
International migration+155
Natural change−178

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.8k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±2.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
52 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
62.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Wildfire 85Winter weather 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
163
2016
168
2017
178
2018
180
2019
190
2020
201
2021
243
2022
269
2023
276
2024
285
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
91.2 km
RON CONLEY ENTERPRISES, CARGILL KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
106.2 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Starr$1.6BCaldwell$1.6BScotland$1.6BWebster$1.6BOrleans$1.6BCarter$1.6B
The read

Whitley's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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