County profile
White County, TN
United States · GDP 2024
#1777 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,850
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
425
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,612
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$52.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.1%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.8%
Business applications
310 · 2025
Retail establishments
78
26.7/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Retail trade19%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,612
residents · 2025 · +7.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,842
International migration+0
Natural change−738
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$773.6M2019
$789.9M2020
$896.0M2021
$958.1M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.2k±$15.6k
Median gross rent
$849/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.3%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$40.3M
163 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$992/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 76Earthquake 69Cold wave 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1612016
1692017
1832018
1942019
2062020
2482021
2962022
3162023
3542024
3632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211922021
1952022
1982023
2092024
1632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
CFWR
Nearest port
69.9 km
HIWASSEE RIVER LOWER ENTRANCE
Nearest commercial airport
96.2 km
SMYRNA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of White?
White's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.