County profile
Hamblen County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#745 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
30,301
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,339
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
68,843
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$55.5k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.0%±1.9%
Poverty rate
18.4%±2.2%
Business applications
615 · 2025
Retail establishments
256
37.5/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Retail trade17%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation12%
Admin & support11%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
68,843
residents · 2025 · +6.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,071
International migration+1,271
Natural change−1,155
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B2019
$3.3B2020
$3.7B2021
$4.0B2022
$4.4B2023
$4.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$210.9k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$857/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.3%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$62.6M
258 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 86Landslide 84Lightning 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2012016
2172017
2242018
2422019
2532020
2922021
3532022
3912023
4252024
4322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -56% since 20215812021
3222022
2892023
2982024
2582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.2 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
59.1 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Knoxville Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
79.3 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hamblen?
Hamblen's economy produced $4.6B in 2024, growing 4.6% 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.