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Swain

United States · GDP 2024
#1907 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$916.3M
GDP growth
+4.2%
Jobs tracked
3,724
Employers
382
Avg. wage
$46.7k
Population
14,024
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$5.8k
Business applications
167 · 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 care39%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade21%
Arts & recreation8%
Construction6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,024
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $59.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+248
International migration+169
Natural change−496

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$713.8M
2019
$729.2M
2020
$795.6M
2021
$837.5M
2022
$879.3M
2023
$916.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.0k±$19.7k
Median gross rent
$742/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
30.3%±2.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
94 (6.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
49.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Cold wave 76Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
151
2016
162
2017
181
2018
181
2019
193
2020
213
2021
278
2022
290
2023
300
2024
305
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
7.2 km
GSM
Nearest port
60.4 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.9 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Holt$913.3MWaushara$919.4MMeriwether$913.1MTattnall$920.4MLander$920.5MCheboygan$911.7M
The read

Swain's economy produced $916.3M in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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