County profile
Carroll County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1623 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+18.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,687
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
722
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,263
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$54.2k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
20.0%±2.2%
Poverty rate
17.2%±2.7%
Business applications
404 · 2025
Retail establishments
126
43.3/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade17%
Health care10%
Admin & support6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,263
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $45.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,025
International migration+252
Natural change−266
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$875.6M2019
$877.7M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$210.4k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$856/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±2.7%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$4.7M
22 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$954/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Landslide 89Tornado 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1402016
1442017
1532018
1672019
1682020
1872021
2282022
2262023
2602024
2582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -53% since 2021472021
152022
212023
302024
222025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.5 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
32.0 km
MNA
Nearest port
113.3 km
RIVER MOUNTAIN QUARRY
Nearest commercial airport
35.3 km
BOONE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carroll?
Carroll's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 18.7% year over year — faster than 98% of 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.