County profile
Conway County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1830 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,822
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
417
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,393
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$54.2k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±2.4%
Poverty rate
19.7%±3.3%
Business applications
202 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
35.1/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade22%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction13%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,393
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $51.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,071
International migration+73
Natural change−484
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$695.9M2019
$707.1M2020
$857.6M2021
$999.7M2022
$957.4M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.1k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$755/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±2.5%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$4.2M
21 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 95Earthquake 87Tornado 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1452017
1512018
1662019
1632020
1772021
1942022
2212023
2432024
2472025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 50% since 2021142021
192022
172023
112024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.8 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
12.0 km
UP
Nearest port
15.6 km
BRUCE OAKLEY MORRILTON GRAIN DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
73.3 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Conway?
Conway's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most 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.