County profile
Giles County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1456 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,391
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
543
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,433
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$62.3k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
12.8%±2.2%
Business applications
300 · 2025
Retail establishments
122
39.3/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade18%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction5%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,433
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,667
International migration+109
Natural change−699
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$234.3k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$862/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±2.7%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$19.8M
98 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 87Tornado 85Cold wave 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2082017
2232018
2432019
2582020
2912021
3702022
3862023
4082024
4242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 20211782021
1652022
1382023
722024
982025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.5 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
TSRR
Nearest port
56.4 km
TVA BROWNS FERRY NUCLEAR PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
67.2 km
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Giles?
Giles's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.