County profile
Shelby County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#60 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$88.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
446,048
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
19,359
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
910,226
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$63.8k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
34.3%±0.7%
Poverty rate
17.8%±0.6%
Business applications
16,497 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,910
31.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1FedEx CorporationIndustrials$87.9B——2International Paper CompanyBasic Materials$23.6B71B3AutoZone, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$18.9B80B+4Mueller Industries, Inc.Industrials$4.2B85A5First Horizon CorporationFinancial Services$3.4B67B6Sylvamo CorpBasic Materials$3.4B59C7Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.Real Estate$2.2B69B8Frontdoor, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.1B73B9Paragon Financial Solutions, Inc.Financial Services$58.3M51D10SurgePays, Inc.Technology$57.0M38D11ATWEC Technologies, Inc.Industrials$4.7M50DHQ-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%
Transportation21%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support12%
Management12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
910,226
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $65.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−54,243
International migration+23,779
Natural change+10,840
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$67.8B2019
$67.9B2020
$75.4B2021
$80.1B2022
$85.7B2023
$88.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$249.1k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±0.4%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$418.4M
1,230 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 100Tornado 100Heat wave 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3432016
3642017
3882018
4122019
4352020
4892021
5722022
5942023
5992024
5992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 20212,0592021
1,8702022
1,9642023
2,0612024
1,2302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
2.4 km
Memphis-Shelby County Port, TN
Nearest commercial airport
17.5 km
FREDERICK W SMITH INTL/MEMPHIS
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):7,195,444 short tons/yr · Memphis-Shelby County Port, TN
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR11 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Shelby?
Shelby's economy produced $88.4B in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.