County profile
Rhea County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#984 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,145
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
541
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,844
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$55.0k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
18.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
15.9%±2.5%
Business applications
325 · 2025
Retail establishments
116
33.4/10k 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
Manufacturing44%
Retail trade18%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation6%
Education6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,844
residents · 2025 · +4.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,165
International migration+122
Natural change−796
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.3B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.0k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±2.3%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$38.6M
151 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 83Earthquake 76Strong wind 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2102016
2172017
2272018
2452019
2552020
2882021
3542022
3982023
4172024
4452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 24% since 20211222021
1572022
1302023
1982024
1512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.4 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
NS
Nearest port
13.2 km
TENN VALLEY PORT AUTH WATTS BAR STEAM PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.7 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rhea?
Rhea's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 4.4% 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.