County profile
Unicoi County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2016 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$813.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,203
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
243
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,856
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$52.2k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±3.2%
Poverty rate
14.3%±3.4%
Business applications
150 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
20.6/10k 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
Manufacturing48%
Health care15%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,856
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+839
International migration+33
Natural change−918
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$567.1M2019
$594.1M2020
$663.6M2021
$712.0M2022
$763.3M2023
$813.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.6k±$16.9k
Median gross rent
$750/mo±$197/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±3.1%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$6.8M
28 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 83Lightning 47Cold wave 44
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1562016
1622017
1672018
1802019
1892020
2062021
2542022
2932023
3152024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 300% since 202172021
302022
132023
262024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.4 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
127.5 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
41.0 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Unicoi?
Unicoi's economy produced $813.1M in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.