County profile
Roane County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#887 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,996
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
769
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$80.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
57,395
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$71.9k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
22.1%±1.6%
Poverty rate
12.0%±1.7%
Business applications
548 · 2025
Retail establishments
142
25.0/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing13%
Transportation9%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,395
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $56.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,573
International migration+18
Natural change−1,928
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.7B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$232.9k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$785/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
11.3%±1.5%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$106.0M
380 units · 6.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Cold wave 89Earthquake 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2472017
2582018
2692019
2882020
3272021
4042022
4522023
4762024
5132025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 152% since 20211512021
1372022
1402023
2482024
3802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
5.4 km
TVAX
Nearest port
5.3 km
TENN VALLEY PORT AUTH KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
47.8 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$80.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Roane?
Roane's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.