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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#217 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.1B
GDP growth
+11.1%
Jobs tracked
140,001
Employers
7,788
Avg. wage
$75.0k
Population
332,554
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$93.5k±$2.2k
Business applications
4,798 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Walmart Inc.Consumer Defensive$706.4B80B+2J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.Industrials$12.0B78B+3America's Car-Mart, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$1.1B53D4WellQuest Medical & Wellness CorporationHealthcare$5.4M——5Glucose Health, Inc.Consumer Defensive———

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
Management26%
Transportation17%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care13%
Manufacturing13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
332,554
residents · 2025 · +16.0% since 2020
Income per capita $120.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+30,727
International migration+7,677
Natural change+7,313

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$16.1B
2019
$17.2B
2020
$19.5B
2021
$21.8B
2022
$23.5B
2023
$26.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$323.5k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
8.8%±0.8%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
6,307 (19.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
88.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 100Winter weather 96Heat wave 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
346
2016
371
2017
395
2018
414
2019
433
2020
505
2021
626
2022
699
2023
730
2024
765
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.3 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
AM
Nearest port
101.7 km
ARKOLA SAND & GRAVEL CO VAN BUREN DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
8.0 km
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS NTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

12 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KAmerica's Car-Mart, Inc.06-25
8-KAmerica's Car-Mart, Inc.06-12
8-KAmerica's Car-Mart, Inc.06-05
8-KWalmart Inc.06-05
10-QWalmart Inc.05-29
8-KAmerica's Car-Mart, Inc.05-29
8-KWalmart Inc.05-21
8-KWalmart Inc.04-30
10-QJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.04-24
8-KJ.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.04-24
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$75.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Bell$26.1BClayton$26.3BGalveston$26.3BManatee$26.3BSt. Charles$26.4BBrown$25.7B
The read

Benton's economy produced $26.1B in 2024, growing 11.1% year over year — faster than 93% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is management.

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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