County profile
Sevier County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#543 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
47,891
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,117
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
101,342
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$62.6k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.5%±1.6%
Business applications
1,592 · 2025
Retail establishments
730
72.1/10k 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 & accommodation40%
Retail trade25%
Arts & recreation16%
Manufacturing7%
Health care6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
101,342
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $63.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+425
International migration+3,335
Natural change−1,201
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.9B2019
$4.5B2020
$5.6B2021
$6.4B2022
$7.4B2023
$7.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$299.0k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
31.6%±1.3%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
$334.7M
1,139 units · 11.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Earthquake 90Lightning 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2282016
2452017
2722018
2972019
3212020
3852021
4942022
5212023
5312024
5572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20211,0692021
1,4942022
1,0212023
1,4412024
1,1392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.9 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
31.9 km
KXHR
Nearest port
33.9 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.4 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.6k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sevier?
Sevier's economy produced $7.8B in 2024, growing 5.3% 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.