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Knox

United States · GDP 2024
#135 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$43.6B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
242,117
Employers
12,519
Avg. wage
$62.6k
Population
511,453
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$1.4k
Business applications
8,486 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tennessee Valley AuthorityIndustrials$12.1B62C2Provectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$336.1k36D3SafeSpace Global CorporationTechnology$322.0k34D4SmartFinancial, Inc.Financial Services———5Windrock Land CompanyEnergy———

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
Health care24%
Admin & support22%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction9%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
511,453
residents · 2025 · +6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $72.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+23,843
International migration+7,517
Natural change−955

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$28.8B
2019
$29.9B
2020
$33.8B
2021
$37.3B
2022
$41.1B
2023
$43.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$320.9k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±0.5%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
5,013 (9.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
92.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 98Earthquake 97Tornado 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
456
2016
480
2017
514
2018
544
2019
576
2020
671
2021
825
2022
931
2023
991
2024
1020
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-275
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
NS
Nearest port
4.5 km
SOUTHERN STATES ASPHALT, KNOXVILLE ASPHALT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
20.9 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

22 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KSafeSpace Global Corporation07-09
8-KProvectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.07-01
8-KSafeSpace Global Corporation06-29
8-KProvectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.06-22
8-KProvectus Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.06-18
8-KSafeSpace Global Corporation06-15
10-QSafeSpace Global Corporation06-15
8-KTennessee Valley Authority05-28
8-KSafeSpace Global Corporation05-22
8-KSmartFinancial, Inc.05-22
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Washoe$43.7BBrevard$43.5BAdams$43.1BPolk$44.3BWilliamson$44.6BDelaware$42.6B
The read

Knox's economy produced $43.6B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.
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