Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety21#2,435/3,096
Economy58#1,335/3,143
Housing39#1,926/3,140
Health20#2,516/3,144
Healthcare36#2,021/3,143
Environment49#1,596/3,108
Education49#1,607/3,144
Infrastructure71#905/3,144
Community40#1,890/3,144
Leisure & amenities21#2,478/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bradley County, Tennessee ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low22 mi
89/100Tennessee 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Effective property tax rate · low0.44%
87/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New homes permitted · high5.8 /1k
83/100Tennessee 5.7 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Tennessee 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
77/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Natural hazard risk · low24.6
75/100Tennessee 37.82025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Depression · high29.5%
5/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Drug overdose deaths · high22.4 /100k
9/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Public libraries · low0.3 /10k
9/100Tennessee 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Time spent in the emergency room · high202 min
9/100Tennessee 168 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Frequent mental distress · high20.7%
14/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Tennessee 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
108,832 (2020) → 115,465 (2025)
+6.1%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 73% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+73 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Property crime rateImproving
2,889 /100k (2020) → 1,024 /100k (2025)
−65%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.9% (2015-2019) → 90.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
24.8% (Dec 2021) → 35.8% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
68.3% (2010 & 2021) → 78.4% (2022 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Bradley County, Tennessee improved on 8 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Household income+34%$52,534 → $70,651
Property crime−65%2,889 /100k → 1,024 /100k
Uninsured−2 points14.0% → 12.0%
Weekly wage+26%$874 → $1,097
Broadband+11 points78.9% → 90.2%

Declined2

Price / income+0.8×3.1× → 3.9×
Commute+2.1 min21.2 min → 23.3 min

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Bradley County, Tennessee between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.9 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	+3.2%	Within the margin of error	46%
Average commute time	21.2 min2015-2019	23.3 min2020-2024	+2.1 min	Declined	21%
Average weekly wage	$8742020	$1,0972025	+26%	Improved	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%2015-2019	24.4%2020-2024	+2.1 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Broadband subscriptions	78.9%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	17.4%2019	15.1%2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Distance to an airport	22 mi2020	22 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	32.2 /100k2020	22.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−30%	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	69%
Firearm deaths	11.9 /100k2020	20.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+73%	Within the margin of error	4%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−29%	Within the margin of error	12%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	+13%	Within the margin of error	67%
High school diploma or higher	85.3%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	3.1×2015-2019	3.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	17%
Homicide rate	4.1 /100k2020	4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+17%	Within the margin of error	12%
Income adjusted for local prices	$46,2042019	$60,1172024	+30%	Improved	40%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4542015-2019	0.4422020-2024	−0.012	Within the margin of error	73%
Median household income	$52,5342019	$70,6512024	+34%	Improved	89%
New business applications	6.9 /1k2020	10.3 /1k2025	+50%	Improved	57%
Pharmacies	2.8 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−18%	Within the margin of error	27%
Poverty rate	14.5%2019	11.6%2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Property crime rate	2,889 /100k2020	1,024 /100k2025	−65%	Improved	91%
Public libraries	0.3 /10k2019	0.3 /10k2024	−5.2%	Within the margin of error	24%
Rent as share of income	27.7%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Rent-burdened households	45.2%2015-2019	45.4%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Restaurants and bars	6.0 /10k2020	5.3 /10k2025	−12%	Within the margin of error	23%
Suicide rate	18.4 /100k2020	18.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.2%	Within the margin of error	53%
Traffic deaths	11.9 /100k2015-2019	13.1 /100k2020-2024	+10%	Within the margin of error	42%
Unemployment rate	6.7%2020	3.8%2025	−2.9 points	Improved	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	14.0%2019	12.0%2024	−2 points	Improved	70%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2247 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Bradley County, Tennessee five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bradley County, Tennessee in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Bradley County, Tennessee itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

111,065 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+0.9 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

111,065 residents

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

White81%90,175
Black4.1%4,598
Hispanic or Latino8.4%9,320
Asian1.1%1,275
American Indian and Alaska Native0.1%†150
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†24
Other or two or more races5.0%5,523

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−4.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

76,308 residents (±148)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

No high school diploma11%8,648
High school or GED31%23,318
Some college23%17,765
Associate degree10%7,925
Bachelor's degree14%10,969
Graduate degree10%7,683

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−3.3 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

42,596 households (±464)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $25k17%7,270
$25k–50k21%8,828
$50k–75k18%7,524
$75k–100k15%6,464
$100k–150k18%7,539
$150k–200k5.7%2,421
$200k or more6.0%2,550

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−5.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

42,596 households (±464)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Own67%28,650
Rent33%13,946

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

12,977 households (±721)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $75022%2,822
$750–1,00025%3,262
$1,000–1,50040%5,151

Home values

28,650 homes (±776)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under $150k18%5,032
$150k–250k29%8,447
$250k–400k33%9,538

Age of homes

45,949 homes (±58)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

2010 or later12%5,535
2000–200916%7,415
1980–199930%13,907

Size of homes

45,949 homes (±58)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Studio1.1%†499
1 bedroom5.5%2,544
2 bedrooms28%12,836

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

50,573 workers (±1,280)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Drive alone79%39,973
Carpool10%5,272
Public transit0.0%†19
Walk1.1%†574
Bike0.1%†38
Work from home9.1%4,579
Other0.2%†118

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

45,994 workers (±1,239)

Bradley County, Tennessee
Tennessee share

Under 15 min32%14,492
15–29 min38%17,365
30–44 min19%8,900

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Cleveland, TN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Bradley County has 2,074 employer establishments, 185 for every 10,000 residents (0.74× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Tennessee's), with 42,835 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,455. The Census Bureau also counts 9,221 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,074; 9,221 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 185; US 248 · Tennessee 210
Paid employees: 42,835
Average annual pay: $47,455; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Bradley County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	190	16.9	0.81×About typical	2,224	$66,240	343
Restaurants and other eating places	175	15.6	0.85×About typical	3,939	$19,133	41
Religious organizations	125	11.1	2.01×More than typical	1,424	$28,566	—
Specialty trade contractors	113	10.1	0.65×Fewer than typical	858	$61,660	860
Limited-service restaurants	93	8.3	1.03×About typical	2,207	$17,336	10
Gasoline stations	70	6.2	1.92×More than typical	460	$28,620	—
Lessors of real estate	61	5.4	0.44×Fewer than typical	210	$39,443	735
Full-service restaurants	58	5.2	0.67×Fewer than typical	1,363	$23,215	17
Offices of physicians	55	4.9	0.76×Fewer than typical	765	$94,546	70
Building equipment contractors	52	4.6	0.77×Fewer than typical	417	$58,748	196
Offices of other health practitioners	50	4.5	0.73×Fewer than typical	235	$40,770	145
Construction of buildings	46	4.1	0.54×Fewer than typical	225	$60,689	441

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 112,196 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $50.3M on contracts performed in Bradley County, Tennessee: $436 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $50.3M; +70% vs FY2025
Per resident: $436; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 2.2%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Forest Service$20.3M40%
Defense Logistics Agency$18.5M37%
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Acquisition and Property Management Division$10.8M21%
Securities and Exchange Commission$458K0.9%
Department of the Army$251K0.5%

Top recipients

HARDWICK TACTICAL CORPORATION$18.5M37%
WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION & CABINETRY, INC.$17.8M35%
FIVE STONES INTELLIGENCE, INC.$11.2M22%
CHLOETA HOLDINGS LLC$894.7K1.8%
PACIFIC OASIS INC$648.7K1.3%

Spending by fiscal year

410.2KFY2017
1.2MFY2018
1MFY2019
1.1MFY2020
11.8MFY2021
14.5MFY2022
27.7MFY2023
30.6M

Top industries (NAICS)

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing · 3152$18.2M36%
Investigation and security services · 5616$10.8M21%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$10.3M21%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$6.3M12%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$3.3M6.6%
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services · 5412$458K

Largest awards

ASSET FORFEITURE & INVESTIGATIVE SUPPORT (AFISS2)$33.5M
FIVE STONES INTELLIGENCE, INC.· Bradley County, TN· Professional services· Jun 30, 2023 – Sep 8, 2026· 15A00023FAQA00214
DENTON VALLEY ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECT INCLUDES REPLACEMENT OF 1 BRIDGE AND REPAIR 30 MILES OF ROAD. WATAUGA, WHITE ROCK TOWER, DENTON VALLEY,& CAMP AHISTADI BRIDGE REPAIRS$11.7M
WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION & CABINETRY, INC.· Bradley County, TN· Construction & real property· Jun 17, 2026 – Jun 18, 2026· 12363N26F4078
UNAKA ROAD REPAIRS FROM HURRICANE HELENE. REPLACEMENT OR REPAIR OF 22 MILES OF ROAD.$7.5M
WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION & CABINETRY, INC.· Bradley County, TN· Construction & real property· Jun 29, 2026 – Jun 29, 2026· 12363N26F4093

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $708.5M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Bradley County, Tennessee: $6,136 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $708.5M; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,136; US $12,955
Loan face value: $34.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.4%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$447.5M63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$74.5M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$68.8M9.7%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$44.3M6.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$19.4M2.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$10.3M1.5%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$10.2M1.4%
93.600 · Head Start$6M0.8%

Top recipients (organizations)

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$11M1.6%
NASHVILLE, TN
LEE UNIVERSITY$8.5M1.2%
CLEVELAND, TN
FAMILY RESOURCE AGENCY INC$6M0.8%
CLEVELAND, TN
CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE$3.6M0.5%
CLEVELAND, TN
CLEVELAND HOUSING AUTHORITY (")$1.9M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$585.6M83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$78.9M11%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$13.5M1.9%
Federal Highway Administration$11M1.6%
Department of Transportation
Administration for Children and Families$6M

Assistance by fiscal year

634.2MFY2021
580.3MFY2022
631.8MFY2023
696.2MFY2024
741.8MFY2025
708.5MFY2026

County aggregates

94%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Bradley County, Tennessee compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Bradley County, Tennessee
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$3.89	$1,436
FY2018	$10.78	$1,552
FY2019	$9.53	$1,654
FY2020	$10.53	$1,880
FY2021	$108	$1,810
FY2022	$131	$1,917
FY2023	$247	$2,079
FY2024	$268	$2,047
FY2025	$257	$2,165
FY2026	$436 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2017	$0.05	$93.28
FY2018	$7.45	$105
FY2019	$7.38	$128
FY2020	$3.04	$145
FY2021	$2.42	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$781	$5,748
FY2022	$276	$5,221
FY2023	$401	$5,364
FY2024	$657	$5,501
FY2025	$517	$5,732
FY2026	$609

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$274	$298
FY2022	$37.70	$357
FY2023	$44.27	$301
FY2024	$249	$319
FY2025	$139	$360
FY2026	$95.54

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$53.32	$239
FY2022	$50.19	$185
FY2023	$67.97	$229
FY2024	$42.72	$229
FY2025	$53.94	$249
FY2026	$49.74

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$84.87	$2,304
FY2022	$65.68	$2,197
FY2023	$60.60	$2,274
FY2024	$53.11	$2,267
FY2025	$52.81	$2,397
FY2026	$51.80

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
FY2021	$417	$1,186
FY2022	$189	$465
FY2023	-$4.46	$76.52
FY2024	$67.38	$120
FY2025	$77.17	$148
FY2026	$26.12

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Bradley County, Tennessee
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Bradley County, Tennessee and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	3.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/47011

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Bradley County, Tennessee is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Charles J. "Chuck" FleischmannR-TN-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Bradley County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cleveland, TN28Central county

Cities and towns in Bradley County

Places whose residents live mostly in Bradley County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−3.1%	−4.2%
2015	+0.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.3%	+3.3%
2018	+7.6%	+6.8%
2019	+9.9%	+10.5%
2020	+17.2%	+19.4%
2021	+24.4%	+26.1%
2022	+28.4%	+30.6%
2023	+37.5%	+35.0%
2024	+40.2%	+41.0%
2025	+47.1%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−4.2%	−5.5%
2015	−1.1%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.1%
2018	+5.7%	+8.9%
2019	+8.6%	+13.5%
2020	+16.7%	+20.8%
2021	+26.7%	+32.1%
2022	+30.0%	+35.4%
2023	+37.0%	+42.9%
2024	+43.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	5.3/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	3.5/1k	3.7/1k
2017	4.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	4.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	5.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	4.6/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	6.4/1k	5.0/1k
2023	5.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	6.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	6.8/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−5.0%	−6.9%
2015	−3.4%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.4%	+4.7%
2018	+11.3%	+7.5%
2019	+15.9%	+14.0%
2020	+9.9%	+16.9%
2021	+24.2%	+21.0%
2022	+38.3%	+29.7%
2023	+35.6%	+34.9%
2024	+55.9%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	17.5%	15.5%
2015	18.1%	14.7%
2016	14.2%	14.0%
2017	16.9%	13.4%
2018	14.7%	13.1%
2019	14.5%	12.3%
2020	13.8%	11.9%
2021	11.7%	12.8%
2022	13.1%	12.6%
2023	15.0%	12.5%
2024	11.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	6.0%	6.2%
2015	5.2%	5.3%
2016	4.5%	4.9%
2017	3.7%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	6.7%	8.1%
2021	4.3%	5.4%
2022	3.6%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	3.8%	4.3%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	−9.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−5.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+19.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+34.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+60.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+75.6% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+87.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+96.1% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+97.4% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	— (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	— (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	15.7%	13.5%
2015	12.9%	10.9%
2016	13.0%	10.0%
2017	13.4%	10.2%
2018	13.6%	10.4%
2019	14.0%	10.8%
2020	12.4%	10.4%
2021	13.3%	10.2%
2022	11.2%	9.5%
2023	11.4%	9.5%
2024	12.0%	9.8%

Calendar years	Bradley County, Tennessee	United States
2014	4.8/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.6/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.5/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.3/1k	16.6/1k

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