County profile
Anderson County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#534 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
48,104
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,599
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$74.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
82,066
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
27.5%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.4%±1.6%
Business applications
853 · 2025
Retail establishments
266
32.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tennessee Valley Financial Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$17.4M49D2Daxor CorporationHealthcare$1.4M——3Standard Nuclear Inc.Energy———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
Manufacturing38%
Professional services24%
Admin & support11%
Health care10%
Retail trade9%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
82,066
residents · 2025 · +6.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,825
International migration+405
Natural change−1,643
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.2B2019
$5.3B2020
$6.0B2021
$7.0B2022
$7.4B2023
$7.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$239.4k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±1.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$81.9M
428 units · 5.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Earthquake 88Cold wave 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3122016
3252017
3512018
3742019
3962020
4672021
5622022
6412023
6832024
7062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -7% since 20214582021
3962022
3972023
3982024
4282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
31.1 km
BUZZ UNICEM KNOXVILLE TN
Nearest commercial airport
39.0 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR8 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$74.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Anderson?
Anderson's economy produced $7.9B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.