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Howard

United States · GDP 2024
#1915 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$908.5M
GDP growth
+15.0%
Jobs tracked
6,020
Employers
270
Avg. wage
$41.0k
Population
12,306
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$45.6k±$5.8k
Business applications
128 · 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
Manufacturing55%
Health care21%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation7%
Agriculture5%
Transportation3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,306
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−393
International migration+88
Natural change−149

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$584.1M
2019
$587.5M
2020
$725.0M
2021
$835.2M
2022
$790.1M
2023
$908.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.9k±$16.9k
Median gross rent
$690/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±3.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
48.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$883/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 99Hail 81Earthquake 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
140
2016
144
2017
149
2018
158
2019
159
2020
182
2021
179
2022
243
2023
218
2024
244
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Morrow$909.9MJackson$906.7MCalhoun$910.9MPutnam$906.0MEastland$906.0MWayne$906.0M
The read

Howard's economy produced $908.5M in 2024, growing 15.0% year over year — faster than 97% 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.
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