County profile
Putnam County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#692 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
33,829
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,988
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
86,612
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
29.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
18.4%±1.8%
Business applications
905 · 2025
Retail establishments
359
42.2/10k 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
Health care25%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
86,612
residents · 2025 · +8.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,910
International migration+1,112
Natural change−549
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.7B2019
$3.9B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.6B2022
$5.0B2023
$5.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$282.5k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$908/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±1.1%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$176.2M
629 units · 7.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 88Tornado 87Earthquake 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2272016
2392017
2572018
2702019
2862020
3362021
4102022
4372023
4612024
4742025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 8% since 20215842021
5952022
6232023
7002024
6292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
NERR
Nearest port
60.1 km
KENTUCKY 214 MONROE COUNTY "MCMILLIAN FERRY"
Nearest commercial airport
93.6 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $5.3B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.