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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#1969 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$860.2M
GDP growth
+12.0%
Jobs tracked
4,995
Employers
429
Avg. wage
$39.7k
Population
19,486
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$49.2k±$5.6k
Business applications
176 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing29%
Health care28%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation10%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,486
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $44.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+859
International migration+28
Natural change−586

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$527.2M
2019
$540.5M
2020
$667.6M
2021
$763.6M
2022
$768.2M
2023
$860.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$138.4k±$18.0k
Median gross rent
$711/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±2.9%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
4 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
46.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$897/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 92Wildfire 82Hail 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
142
2016
147
2017
156
2018
168
2019
164
2020
187
2021
224
2022
245
2023
266
2024
290
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
91.6 km
I-540
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
CPKC
Nearest port
99.7 km
FORT SMITH PORT AUTHORITY DOCKS NOS. 1 AND 2
Nearest commercial airport
95.4 km
FORT SMITH RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$39.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Claiborne$860.8MCoahoma$859.4MJones$858.3MSunflower$862.7MOuachita$862.9MRichland$857.4M
The read

Polk's economy produced $860.2M in 2024, growing 12.0% year over year — faster than 94% 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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