Union County, Tennessee

• Income gap: Households earn meaningfully less than the national median, which directly affects retail demand, housing absorption, and tax base.
• Talent gap: Bachelor's-or-higher attainment trails the national average by 21.5 pts, relevant for advanced-services attraction strategy.
• Aging population: Median age of 43 is materially above the U.S. norm; succession planning and senior-services demand are real factors.

• Largest sector: Manufacturing employs 509 workers (26.2% of the top displayed sectors), at an average wage of $73,968.
• Wage stratification: Wholesale Trade averages $80,156 while Accommodation and Food Services averages $16,143, a 5.0x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.

• Top specialization: Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers concentrates at 4.70x the national norm, strong concentration that anchors the local economy and supports supply-chain attraction strategy.
• Cluster depth: 4 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, suggesting an interconnected industrial base rather than reliance on a single employer or sector.

• In line with national: Home value to income ratio of 3.3x sits near the ~4.1x national average; affordability is neither a clear advantage nor a recruitment friction.
• High home ownership: 80.2% owner-occupied; rental supply may be tight for incoming workers.
• Elevated vacancy: 19.3% vacancy rate; potential opportunity for redevelopment or repositioning.

• Succession risk is real: 26.1% of working-age residents are 55-64. Plan for retirements over the next decade and pair attraction strategy with talent retention.
• Talent pipeline: 6 local institutions feed the workforce; the top three combined produce 17,588 annual credentials.

Union County shows meaningful potential for gasoline stations and fuel dealers attraction, with a 4.70x concentration and 93 jobs in this sub-sector. Near-term succession risk is elevated, with 26.1% of the working-age population within 10 years of retirement age.

The interconnected base across gasoline stations and fuel dealers, health and personal care retailers, and creates supply-chain attraction leverage rather than single-employer risk, a structural advantage for industrial recruitment.

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