County profile
Lawrence County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1467 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,681
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
788
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,914
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$54.7k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.2%
Business applications
458 · 2025
Retail establishments
170
36.4/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade22%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation10%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,914
residents · 2025 · +6.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,895
International migration+61
Natural change−263
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.4k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$763/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±1.4%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.5M
32 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$939/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 91Lightning 91Earthquake 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2082016
2222017
2442018
2612019
2752020
3212021
3872022
4082023
4402024
4552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 78% since 2021182021
222022
252023
272024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.0 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
TSRR
Nearest port
52.2 km
OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP., MUSCLE SHOALS PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
56.0 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Lawrence?
Lawrence's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 5.2% 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.