County profile
Baxter County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1163 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,397
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,125
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,982
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$48.5k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±1.8%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.1%
Business applications
972 · 2025
Retail establishments
184
42.9/10k 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
Health care36%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation13%
Finance & insurance5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,982
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,836
International migration−38
Natural change−2,531
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$174.6k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$846/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.9%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$15.6M
80 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$964/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Strong wind 93Tornado 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2062016
2052017
2172018
2232019
2302020
2582021
3042022
3342023
3562024
3662025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 20211052021
482022
642023
492024
802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
125.2 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
MNA
Nearest port
81.3 km
SAND & GRAVEL EXCAVATING PROCESS (GALLOWAY S & G)
Nearest commercial airport
73.4 km
BOONE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Baxter?
Baxter's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.