County profile
Independence County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#1073 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,206
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
810
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,785
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$56.6k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
20.4%±3.4%
Business applications
322 · 2025
Retail establishments
157
40.7/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Health care26%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,785
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+951
International migration+168
Natural change−252
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$142.6k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
12.8%±2.4%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
33 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$891/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Earthquake 90Tornado 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
1962017
1952018
2032019
2042020
2222021
2572022
2682023
2932024
3012025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 267% since 202192021
272022
62023
322024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.7 km
I-555
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
MNA
Nearest port
7.3 km
GALLOWAY S & G BATESVILLE ARK
Nearest commercial airport
127.3 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.3k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Independence?
Independence's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 6.0% 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.