County profile
Marion County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1699 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,649
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
482
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,804
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
16.3%±3.5%
Business applications
375 · 2025
Retail establishments
102
34.3/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care12%
Wholesale trade6%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,804
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $54.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,686
International migration+93
Natural change−879
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$841.0M2019
$843.0M2020
$947.4M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$195.2k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$109/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.3%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$58.1M
203 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 83Tornado 82Landslide 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2192016
2222017
2382018
2432019
2522020
2912021
3542022
4052023
4252024
4522025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -17% since 20212442021
2582022
1982023
2262024
2032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.0 km
I-24
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
SQSC
Nearest port
10.6 km
SIGNAL MOUNTAIN CEMENT CO., BENNETT LAKE QUARRY DK
Nearest commercial airport
39.5 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 5.9% 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.