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Clay

United States · GDP 2024
#2660 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$328.2M
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
1,822
Employers
252
Avg. wage
$46.0k
Population
12,239
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$57.0k±$8.9k
Business applications
146 · 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
Retail trade28%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction14%
Manufacturing10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,239
residents · 2025 · +9.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,455
International migration+8
Natural change−371

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$236.9M
2019
$235.2M
2020
$244.9M
2021
$278.5M
2022
$316.0M
2023
$328.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$278.4k±$32.8k
Median gross rent
$804/mo±$238/mo
Vacancy rate
32.2%±4.3%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
108 (8.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
26.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Wildfire 64Cold wave 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
152
2016
157
2017
161
2018
167
2019
177
2020
201
2021
262
2022
272
2023
310
2024
315
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
82.5 km
I-985
Nearest freight rail
16.5 km
GSM
Nearest port
74.2 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
86.7 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +38% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Switzerland$328.7MJohnson$328.9MHarper$329.0MBath$327.0MSullivan$326.9MWoodruff$326.7M
The read

Clay's economy produced $328.2M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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