County profile
Fentress County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2056 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$769.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,045
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
286
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,322
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$51.1k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
14.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
21.0%±3.9%
Business applications
210 · 2025
Retail establishments
58
29.0/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation13%
Manufacturing11%
Real estate8%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,322
residents · 2025 · +9.7% since 2020
Income per capita $47.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,592
International migration+2
Natural change−831
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$496.5M2019
$507.8M2020
$562.6M2021
$614.1M2022
$681.7M2023
$769.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.2k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$709/mo±$199/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±2.8%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$908.0k
8 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 95Landslide 82Cold wave 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1442016
1502017
1592018
1702019
1782020
2102021
2552022
2932023
2952024
3072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
72024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
27.4 km
NS
Nearest port
65.0 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
105.4 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Fentress?
Fentress's economy produced $769.0M in 2024, growing 12.8% year over year — faster than 95% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.