County profile
Van Buren County, AR
United States · GDP 2024
#2423 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$483.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,279
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
319
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,238
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$50.4k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.1%
Poverty rate
19.1%±3.4%
Business applications
168 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
33.3/10k 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
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
$367.9M2019
$363.8M2020
$451.6M2021
$499.3M2022
$479.1M2023
$483.8M2024
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
$1.9M
6 units · 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
1412016
1402017
1392018
1422019
1522020
1632021
1832022
2162023
2022024
2232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 2021112021
152022
52023
162024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
48.5 km
UP
Nearest port
51.0 km
Evergreen Packaging, Inc., Cadron Creek Chip Mill Dock
Nearest commercial airport
95.1 km
BOONE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Van Buren?
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.