County profile
Meigs County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2623 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$352.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,839
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
109
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,186
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.3%±2.8%
Business applications
143 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
19.3/10k 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
Manufacturing66%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation9%
Health care9%
Other services3%
Construction2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,186
residents · 2025 · +10.8% since 2020
Income per capita $42.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,778
International migration−1
Natural change−424
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$256.7M2019
$265.2M2020
$296.3M2021
$322.5M2022
$337.2M2023
$352.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.0k±$15.9k
Median gross rent
$875/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
16.6%±4.2%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$25.6M
91 units · 6.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 76Earthquake 66Strong wind 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1332016
1422017
1482018
1502019
1622020
1802021
2192022
2752023
2582024
2782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20211322021
952022
1062023
942024
912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.7 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
10.2 km
TVAX
Nearest port
11.2 km
TENN VALLEY PORT AUTH WATTS BAR STEAM PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
63.9 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Meigs?
Meigs's economy produced $352.7M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.