County profile
Carter County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1485 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,177
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
751
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,361
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
20.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
17.1%±2.0%
Business applications
496 · 2025
Retail establishments
138
24.1/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Health care20%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Education9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,361
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $45.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,867
International migration+264
Natural change−2,274
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.2k±$4.4k
Median gross rent
$739/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$53.6M
190 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Strong wind 84Lightning 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2072016
2172017
2302018
2402019
2532020
2882021
3442022
4152023
4222024
4382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 6% since 20211802021
1712022
1822023
1772024
1902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.2 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
7.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
158.4 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
32.2 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Carter?
Carter's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 7.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.