County profile
Blount County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#482 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
57,256
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,510
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
143,820
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$77.4k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
28.6%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.4%±0.9%
Business applications
1,548 · 2025
Retail establishments
390
27.4/10k 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%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade16%
Health care15%
Construction12%
Professional services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
143,820
residents · 2025 · +6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $63.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10,392
International migration+654
Natural change−2,922
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.2B2019
$6.1B2020
$6.9B2021
$7.8B2022
$8.6B2023
$9.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$320.5k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±1.1%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$278.2M
790 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Earthquake 93Lightning 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3552016
3752017
3972018
4252019
4442020
5092021
6322022
6992023
7692024
7692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20219222021
8522022
6692023
8712024
7902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.0 km
I-140
Nearest freight rail
8.7 km
NS
Nearest port
27.7 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
15.1 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.1k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Blount?
Blount's economy produced $9.1B in 2024, growing 5.5% 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.