County profile
DeKalb County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1946 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$882.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,323
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
339
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,873
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$53.2k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±3.0%
Poverty rate
18.6%±3.9%
Business applications
238 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
29.5/10k 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade16%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services7%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,873
residents · 2025 · +8.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,743
International migration+157
Natural change−248
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$671.3M2019
$702.8M2020
$796.2M2021
$869.1M2022
$876.3M2023
$882.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$235.5k±$16.8k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$151/mo
Vacancy rate
14.8%±2.4%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$22.4M
144 units · 6.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$953/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 69Winter weather 59Landslide 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1672016
1822017
2052018
2152019
2272020
2642021
3322022
3482023
3792024
3912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20211472021
1462022
1382023
1432024
1442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
15.2 km
NERR
Nearest port
62.5 km
GALLATIN STEAM PLANT (TVA) DOCK UPPER FUEL OIL RECEIVING WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
62.0 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.6k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeKalb?
DeKalb's economy produced $882.9M in 2024, growing 0.8% year over year — slower than 77% of 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.