County profile
Drew County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2012 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$819.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,271
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
423
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,054
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$42.8k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±3.5%
Poverty rate
22.4%±5.4%
Business applications
255 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
44.1/10k 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
Health care32%
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction5%
Agriculture5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,054
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−155
International migration+72
Natural change−181
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$629.3M2019
$634.6M2020
$716.0M2021
$750.3M2022
$786.3M2023
$819.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$140.8k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$725/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±3.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$1.4M
4 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$927/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 84Drought 82Ice storm 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1852016
1832017
1892018
1962019
2012020
2152021
2302022
2542023
2532024
2792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
82022
82023
132024
42025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.6 km
I-530
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
AKMD
Nearest port
44.7 km
PIONEER FOODS INC YELLOW BEND
Nearest commercial airport
69.0 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Drew?
Drew's economy produced $819.1M in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.