County profile
Lake County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2979 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$150.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-14.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
545
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
64
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,249
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$28.8k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
9.4%±2.5%
Poverty rate
32.2%±5.6%
Business applications
34 · 2025
Retail establishments
15
23.7/10k 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
Health care35%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation18%
Wholesale trade11%
Admin & support7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,249
residents · 2025 · -10.6% since 2020
Income per capita $31.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−415
International migration+11
Natural change−295
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$142.2M2019
$134.3M2020
$175.9M2021
$156.0M2022
$176.0M2023
$150.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.9k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$532/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±5.0%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$675.0k
3 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 93Drought 73Heat wave 65
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 202152021
22022
32023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.7 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
TKEN
Nearest port
2.4 km
CARGILL AG HORIZONS, TIPTONVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
97.0 km
JACKSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lake?
Lake's economy produced $150.5M in 2024, contracting 14.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.