County profile
Benton County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2294 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$587.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,530
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
293
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,183
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$51.7k±$7.2k
Bachelor's degree+
12.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
17.8%±2.9%
Business applications
188 · 2025
Retail establishments
57
35.4/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade21%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,183
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,028
International migration−4
Natural change−706
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$385.2M2019
$402.3M2020
$462.6M2021
$505.1M2022
$553.7M2023
$587.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.6k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$768/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±3.2%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$560.0k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 88Landslide 78Cold wave 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1552016
1522017
1602018
1712019
1752020
2042021
2322022
3052023
2832024
2972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -25% since 202142021
112022
32023
62024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
7.7 km
NEW JOHNSONVILLE MARINE
Nearest commercial airport
92.6 km
JACKSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Benton?
Benton's economy produced $587.5M in 2024, growing 6.1% 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.