County profile
Chester County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2373 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$524.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,224
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
254
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,994
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$59.3k±$11.6k
Bachelor's degree+
22.0%±3.5%
Poverty rate
16.1%±3.0%
Business applications
193 · 2025
Retail establishments
50
28.0/10k 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
Construction24%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation15%
Health care15%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,994
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+668
International migration+105
Natural change−159
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$382.4M2019
$387.5M2020
$419.3M2021
$460.5M2022
$500.6M2023
$524.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.4k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$756/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
11.7%±2.9%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$2.7M
12 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Tornado 72Cold wave 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1762017
1872018
1912019
2002020
2262021
2852022
2912023
3282024
3682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021132021
322022
102023
182024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
WTNN
Nearest port
38.8 km
POINT PLEASANT TERMINAL & BARK PROCESSING FACILITY, GARICK, LLC
Nearest commercial airport
33.7 km
JACKSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chester?
Chester's economy produced $524.1M in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.