County profile
Bedford County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#996 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,839
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
889
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
55,273
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
17.2%±2.1%
Poverty rate
12.6%±2.3%
Business applications
553 · 2025
Retail establishments
166
30.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Manufacturing35%
Transportation20%
Retail trade16%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation10%
Health care10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
55,273
residents · 2025 · +9.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,283
International migration+972
Natural change+613
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$281.2k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
4.8%±1.5%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
$91.0M
378 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 87Tornado 83Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2382016
2612017
2852018
3082019
3232020
3752021
4612022
5042023
5202024
5342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -3% since 20213902021
4582022
3822023
6312024
3782025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.7 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
WHRR
Nearest port
76.3 km
ERGON, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
55.3 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bedford?
Bedford's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 10.4% year over year — faster than 92% of 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.