County profile
Polk County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2424 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$482.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,478
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
238
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,592
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±2.4%
Poverty rate
13.9%±2.1%
Business applications
182 · 2025
Retail establishments
39
21.2/10k 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
Food & accommodation24%
Health care23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing17%
Other services8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,592
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,650
International migration−2
Natural change−631
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$310.9M2019
$334.0M2020
$413.6M2021
$494.0M2022
$444.5M2023
$482.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.9k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±2.8%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$27.2M
150 units · 8.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Wildfire 76Earthquake 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1222016
1312017
1382018
1472019
1552020
1682021
2112022
2122023
2612024
2372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -39% since 20212472021
2132022
2002023
2112024
1502025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
7.7 km
TOHX
Nearest port
28.9 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
62.6 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Polk?
Polk's economy produced $482.6M in 2024, growing 8.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.