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DeKalb

United States · GDP 2024
#966 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
GDP growth
+8.4%
Jobs tracked
20,004
Employers
1,165
Avg. wage
$49.1k
Population
74,085
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$51.2k±$2.5k
Business applications
667 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing45%
Retail trade16%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation8%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,085
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $45.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,968
International migration+1,118
Natural change−671

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.3B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$3.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.7k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$693/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.5%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
45 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
80.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 91Tornado 88Cold wave 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
170
2016
185
2017
190
2018
197
2019
208
2020
235
2021
279
2022
312
2023
334
2024
342
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.4 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
7.4 km
NS
Nearest port
28.6 km
TENN VALLEY P AUTH BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLN BGE TRM
Nearest commercial airport
84.1 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Brookings$3.1BMorgan$3.1BDodge$3.1BChenango$3.1BJessamine$3.1BMarion$3.0B
The read

DeKalb's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 8.4% 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.
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