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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#1120 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
19,260
Employers
882
Avg. wage
$54.7k
Population
36,147
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$2.8k
Business applications
299 · 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care21%
Retail trade14%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation10%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,147
residents · 2025 · -2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $52.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−416
International migration+63
Natural change−504

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.0k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$885/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
10.9%±1.5%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
12 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
77.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 96Strong wind 92Winter weather 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
205
2016
202
2017
200
2018
202
2019
211
2020
227
2021
252
2022
273
2023
297
2024
307
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-57
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
UP
Nearest port
79.9 km
Jackson-Union Port District, IL
Nearest commercial airport
6.2 km
MOUNT VERNON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Oneida$2.4BHawkins$2.4BValencia$2.4BSomerset$2.4BJefferson$2.4BAshland$2.4B
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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