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Van Buren

United States · GDP 2024
#2423 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$483.8M
GDP growth
+1.0%
Jobs tracked
3,279
Employers
319
Avg. wage
$42.1k
Population
16,238
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$50.4k±$6.0k
Business applications
168 · 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
Retail trade29%
Health care28%
Food & accommodation18%
Other services10%
Transportation8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,238
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $42.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,034
International migration+31
Natural change−662

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$367.9M
2019
$363.8M
2020
$451.6M
2021
$499.3M
2022
$479.1M
2023
$483.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.7k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$722/mo±$120/mo
Vacancy rate
23.6%±3.3%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
6 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$880/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Tornado 83Landslide 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
141
2016
140
2017
139
2018
142
2019
152
2020
163
2021
183
2022
216
2023
202
2024
223
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Refugio$484.3MAtoka$484.7MCherry$484.9MPolk$482.6MWorth$485.0MPresque Isle$482.1M
The read

Van Buren's economy produced $483.8M in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% of 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.
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