County profile
Hardin County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1578 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,802
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
535
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,983
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$50.0k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
21.5%±2.9%
Business applications
258 · 2025
Retail establishments
114
41.2/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade21%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,983
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,830
International migration−9
Natural change−816
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$960.6M2019
$1.0B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.4k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$775/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
27.4%±2.1%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$4.2M
26 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Strong wind 94Cold wave 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1522017
1582018
1672019
1692020
1872021
2282022
2442023
2622024
2732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 117% since 2021122021
342022
452023
242024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.0 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
18.2 km
CPKC
Nearest port
20.9 km
POINT PLEASANT TERMINAL & BARK PROCESSING FACILITY, GARICK, LLC
Nearest commercial airport
72.7 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hardin?
Hardin's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most 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.