County profile
Jackson County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2717 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$291.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,131
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
133
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,466
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$48.0k±$8.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.8%
Poverty rate
20.3%±4.1%
Business applications
137 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
19.3/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction13%
Retail trade12%
Information11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,466
residents · 2025 · +7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $42.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,212
International migration+11
Natural change−408
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$219.6M2019
$226.5M2020
$249.2M2021
$256.0M2022
$279.2M2023
$291.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.5k±$16.7k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$142/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±3.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 64Hail 54Tornado 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1592017
1692018
1832019
1842020
2232021
2932022
2962023
3032024
3402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.0 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
22.3 km
NERR
Nearest port
37.1 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
85.2 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $291.0M in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.