County profile
Wayne County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#2353 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$545.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,810
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
216
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,416
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
13.8%±2.4%
Poverty rate
20.0%±3.5%
Business applications
148 · 2025
Retail establishments
50
31.2/10k 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
Health care40%
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade16%
Finance & insurance8%
Food & accommodation7%
Construction3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,416
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $42.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+691
International migration−8
Natural change−477
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$348.5M2019
$373.2M2020
$397.6M2021
$466.5M2022
$494.7M2023
$545.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$130.7k±$17.2k
Median gross rent
$619/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±3.0%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 78Tornado 74Cold wave 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1542016
1582017
1652018
1802019
1802020
2062021
2462022
2632023
3132024
2962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
12024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
70.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
30.7 km
TSRR
Nearest port
39.7 km
POINT PLEASANT TERMINAL & BARK PROCESSING FACILITY, GARICK, LLC
Nearest commercial airport
57.5 km
NORTHWEST ALABAMA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $545.6M in 2024, growing 10.3% year over year — faster than 92% 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.