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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#133 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$44.3B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
232,278
Employers
13,992
Avg. wage
$53.3k
Population
874,790
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$66.0k±$1.1k
Business applications
17,346 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1American Commerce Solutions, Inc.Industrials$2.1M——2Scandia, Inc.Healthcare———3SouthState Bank Corp.Financial Services———

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 trade24%
Health care22%
Transportation16%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing12%
Admin & support11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
874,790
residents · 2025 · +19.8% since 2020
Income per capita $46.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+119,498
International migration+23,196
Natural change+1,013

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$28.8B
2019
$30.1B
2020
$34.1B
2021
$38.5B
2022
$41.8B
2023
$44.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$266.5k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
15.1%±0.5%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
8,236 (9.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Lightning 100Hurricane 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
423
2016
465
2017
514
2018
551
2019
591
2020
689
2021
851
2022
924
2023
947
2024
935
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.1 km
I-4
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
64.0 km
Tampa Port Authority, FL
Nearest commercial airport
31.9 km
LAKELAND LINDER INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KSouthState Bank Corp.07-06
10-QSouthState Bank Corp.05-01
8-KSouthState Bank Corp.04-23
8-KSouthState Bank Corp.04-15
8-KSouthState Bank Corp.04-03
DEF 14ASouthState Bank Corp.03-03
10-KSouthState Bank Corp.02-20
8-KSouthState Bank Corp.01-22
8-KSouthState Bank Corp.01-05
10-QSouthState Bank Corp.10-31
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Williamson$44.6BLoudoun$44.9BWashoe$43.7BKnox$43.6BBrevard$43.5BAda$45.5B
The read

Polk's economy produced $44.3B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most 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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