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Decatur

United States · GDP 2024
#1557 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
GDP growth
+9.7%
Jobs tracked
7,687
Employers
626
Avg. wage
$44.2k
Population
29,432
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$53.3k±$4.7k
Business applications
408 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care17%
Admin & support5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,432
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+133
International migration+108
Natural change−237

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$855.0M
2019
$896.9M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.8k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$838/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±3.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
135 (4.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
75.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 91Lightning 87Tornado 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
178
2016
174
2017
179
2018
192
2019
201
2020
219
2021
253
2022
293
2023
288
2024
290
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.9 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
87.8 km
LIQUID TRANSFER TERMINALS ST MARKS FL
Nearest commercial airport
57.8 km
TALLAHASSEE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Martin$1.4BLyon$1.4BIroquois$1.4BClarion$1.4BFairfield$1.4BMiami$1.4B
The read

Decatur's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 9.7% year over year — faster than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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