County profile
Hawkins County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1119 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,986
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
638
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
59,559
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$56.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.2%±1.5%
Poverty rate
15.2%±2.1%
Business applications
504 · 2025
Retail establishments
115
19.4/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care11%
Other services5%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
59,559
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $46.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,930
International migration+76
Natural change−2,237
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.3k±$9.8k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±1.7%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$16.8M
141 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
55.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Lightning 76Earthquake 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
1922017
2072018
2112019
2242020
2532021
3192022
3482023
3752024
3892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 20211722021
1912022
1462023
1532024
1412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.5 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
NS
Nearest port
96.9 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Knoxville Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
48.2 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hawkins?
Hawkins's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 8.0% 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.