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Clay

United States · GDP 2024
#2434 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$476.3M
GDP growth
-2.0%
Jobs tracked
2,374
Employers
278
Avg. wage
$41.9k
Population
14,052
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$51.5k±$3.6k
Business applications
115 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1QENEX Communications, Inc.Communication Services———

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 care41%
Retail trade23%
Wholesale trade14%
Food & accommodation9%
Manufacturing8%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,052
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+55
International migration+10
Natural change−537

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$336.4M
2019
$358.1M
2020
$432.3M
2021
$440.2M
2022
$486.1M
2023
$476.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.6k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$707/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±2.9%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
9 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
71.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Earthquake 94Ice storm 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
135
2015
156
2016
142
2017
153
2018
161
2020
165
2021
215
2022
216
2023
243
2024
267
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.9k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Henry$476.3MAppomattox$475.6MButte$474.8MHamilton$478.3MNorthumberland$478.3MClearwater$474.1M
The read

Clay's economy produced $476.3M in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over year — slower than 85% of 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.
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