County profile
Obion County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1421 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,963
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
630
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,067
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$54.6k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±2.1%
Poverty rate
18.6%±2.4%
Business applications
238 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
41.0/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Retail trade21%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,067
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3
International migration+111
Natural change−818
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$133.6k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$770/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±2.1%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$7.1M
27 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 97Ice storm 92Cold wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1792017
1912018
1902019
1982020
2302021
2572022
2882023
2992024
3172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 2021342021
242022
382023
212024
272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.4 km
I-155
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
CN
Nearest port
22.1 km
Hickman-Fulton County Port, KY
Nearest commercial airport
84.9 km
BARKLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Obion?
Obion's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, contracting 1.3% year over year — slower than 84% of 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.