County profile
Searcy County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2789 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$258.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,389
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
117
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$35.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,848
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$44.4k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±3.4%
Poverty rate
23.0%±4.5%
Business applications
90 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
33.1/10k 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 care36%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation17%
Real estate4%
Finance & insurance3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,848
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $37.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+311
International migration+4
Natural change−309
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$187.6M2019
$185.4M2020
$214.6M2021
$231.8M2022
$249.8M2023
$258.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$110.0k±$15.7k
Median gross rent
$606/mo±$163/mo
Vacancy rate
32.3%±4.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Landslide 77Wildfire 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
922016
912017
972018
992019
942020
1152021
1232022
1282023
1562024
1442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
75.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
36.4 km
MNA
Nearest port
84.7 km
U S ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS DARDANELLE MARINE TERM WHARF & MOORIN
Nearest commercial airport
56.5 km
BOONE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$35.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Searcy?
Searcy's economy produced $258.6M in 2024, growing 3.5% 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.