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Craighead

United States · GDP 2024
#568 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.3B
GDP growth
+5.6%
Jobs tracked
48,791
Employers
2,788
Avg. wage
$50.5k
Population
116,957
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$59.5k±$3.5k
Business applications
1,463 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care31%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
116,957
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,707
International migration+733
Natural change+1,864

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.1B
2019
$5.2B
2020
$6.0B
2021
$6.5B
2022
$6.9B
2023
$7.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$210.4k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$958/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
9.1%±1.3%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
973 (8.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
91.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Earthquake 98Tornado 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
265
2016
273
2017
282
2018
291
2019
297
2020
327
2021
373
2022
386
2023
401
2024
413
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
UP
Nearest port
63.2 km
Poinsett Rice & Grain, North Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
86.8 km
MILLINGTON/MEMPHIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Cowlitz$7.2BHernando$7.3BFlathead$7.2BWright$7.3BAugusta$7.2BHancock$7.3B
The read

Craighead's economy produced $7.3B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most 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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