County profile
Johnson County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2280 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$596.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,415
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
256
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,718
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$53.1k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±2.9%
Poverty rate
21.4%±4.5%
Business applications
195 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
24.8/10k 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
Transportation24%
Manufacturing24%
Health care17%
Retail trade14%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,718
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $43.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,329
International migration+114
Natural change−721
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$449.3M2019
$466.9M2020
$502.8M2021
$536.9M2022
$574.9M2023
$596.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.6k±$19.6k
Median gross rent
$674/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
16.7%±3.7%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$954.0k
6 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Cold wave 63Wildfire 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1422016
1372017
1562018
1612019
1682020
1902021
2462022
2472023
2852024
2732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 500% since 202112021
72022
52023
62024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.2 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
20.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
186.8 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
49.6 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Johnson?
Johnson's economy produced $596.0M in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.