Places/AR/Saline County, AR
County profile

Saline County, AR

United States · GDP 2024
#802 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,592
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,389
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
133,288
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$79.0k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
29.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
8.8%±1.1%
Business applications
1,726 · 2025
Retail establishments
330
25.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tradestar Resources CorporationEnergy

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
Retail trade25%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction14%
Other services10%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
133,288
residents · 2025 · +7.6% since 2020
Income per capita $56.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+8,570
International migration+1,276
Natural change450

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.4B
2021
$3.6B
2022
$3.9B
2023
$4.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$221.2k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±0.8%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$109.6M
477 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Heat wave 92Earthquake 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
199
2016
207
2017
212
2018
218
2019
224
2020
244
2021
280
2022
303
2023
312
2024
319
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-1% since 2021
483
2021
437
2022
291
2023
509
2024
477
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.1 km
I-30
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
UP
Nearest port
40.1 km
NORTH LITTLE ROCK PORT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.3 km
BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NTL/ADAMS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Saline?

Saline's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.