County profile
Bledsoe County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2606 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$361.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+13.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
960
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
129
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,920
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$54.7k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
12.4%±2.2%
Poverty rate
20.7%±3.7%
Business applications
113 · 2025
Retail establishments
22
14.1/10k 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
Health care28%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade16%
Construction15%
Manufacturing14%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,920
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $38.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,186
International migration+45
Natural change−270
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$210.0M2019
$217.2M2020
$250.9M2021
$289.2M2022
$318.3M2023
$361.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.4k±$21.6k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±2.5%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$975/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 75Cold wave 67Earthquake 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1002016
1142017
1162018
1232019
1262020
1472021
1842022
2002023
2192024
2282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.8 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
20.1 km
NS
Nearest port
27.1 km
HIWASSEE RIVER LOWER ENTRANCE
Nearest commercial airport
62.5 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bledsoe?
Bledsoe's economy produced $361.5M in 2024, growing 13.6% year over year — faster than 96% of 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.