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Walker

United States · GDP 2024
#1089 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
GDP growth
+7.0%
Jobs tracked
14,399
Employers
1,251
Avg. wage
$46.9k
Population
65,140
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$3.6k
Business applications
711 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Pinnacle Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$17.9M58C

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
Retail trade27%
Health care25%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation17%
Other services9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
65,140
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,520
International migration+400
Natural change−1,943

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.8B
2020
$1.9B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.4B
2023
$2.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.9k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$756/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±1.5%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
12 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$886/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 94Heat wave 85Landslide 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
214
2016
220
2017
220
2018
232
2019
241
2020
261
2021
290
2022
324
2023
329
2024
364
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.8 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
NS
Nearest port
12.7 km
VULCAN ASPHALT REFINING CO CORDOVA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.9 km
BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Oconee$2.6BOxford$2.6BPickaway$2.6BEmmet$2.6BItasca$2.6BWarren$2.6B
The read

Walker's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 7.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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