County profile
Lewis County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2413 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$495.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,703
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
237
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,487
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$56.3k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
10.3%±2.7%
Poverty rate
16.7%±5.2%
Business applications
147 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
35.2/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing23%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,487
residents · 2025 · +7.0% since 2020
Income per capita $48.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,180
International migration+43
Natural change−348
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$303.1M2019
$316.8M2020
$366.3M2021
$409.8M2022
$466.6M2023
$495.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.4k±$26.0k
Median gross rent
$708/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±4.5% · low reliability
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$4.4M
24 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 71Tornado 59Landslide 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
2152017
2172018
2292019
2422020
2762021
3472022
4042023
4202024
4202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 2021302021
152022
752023
122024
242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
SCTR
Nearest port
49.5 km
TENNESSEE RIVER SAND & GRAVEL
Nearest commercial airport
87.6 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +36% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lewis?
Lewis's economy produced $495.4M in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.