County profile
Cheatham County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1315 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,649
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
714
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,778
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$89.9k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
26.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
7.7%±1.6%
Business applications
543 · 2025
Retail establishments
91
21.4/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade17%
Construction16%
Health care10%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,778
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $64.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,785
International migration+172
Natural change−268
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$338.7k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$163/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±1.9%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$94.9M
285 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 80Tornado 67Ice storm 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2362016
2632017
2822018
3002019
3132020
3612021
4312022
4652023
4882024
4882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 20214072021
3012022
2852023
2752024
2852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.6 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
NWR
Nearest port
1.5 km
ASHLAND CITY FERRY LDG TENN
Nearest commercial airport
39.9 km
NASHVILLE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cheatham?
Cheatham's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 9.1% 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.