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Ford

United States · GDP 2024
#1750 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+6.4%
Jobs tracked
4,269
Employers
343
Avg. wage
$54.6k
Population
13,216
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$5.4k
Business applications
121 · 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
Health care39%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade12%
Wholesale trade10%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,216
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $69.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−79
International migration+189
Natural change−422

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$706.2M
2019
$730.3M
2020
$820.2M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.0k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$923/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.9%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
14 (1.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
26.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 67Earthquake 60Drought 54
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
207
2016
212
2017
218
2018
223
2019
221
2020
240
2021
270
2022
284
2023
326
2024
341
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
CN
Nearest port
84.3 km
CF INDUSTRIES, SENECA TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
59.9 km
CENTRAL IL RGNL/BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Crawford$1.1BHamilton$1.1BCastro$1.1BUinta$1.1BSaline$1.1BCrane$1.1B
The read

Ford's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.4% year over year — faster than most 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.
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