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Union

United States · GDP 2024
#2368 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$532.8M
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
3,489
Employers
352
Avg. wage
$43.8k
Population
16,656
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$5.4k
Business applications
149 · 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 care42%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing9%
Other services6%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,656
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $53.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−230
International migration+119
Natural change−521

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$438.8M
2019
$433.0M
2020
$463.4M
2021
$483.7M
2022
$514.1M
2023
$532.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.7k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±3.1%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
10 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
55.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 90Strong wind 87Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
142
2016
152
2017
153
2018
155
2019
157
2020
164
2021
166
2022
195
2023
197
2024
223
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Union$532.7MParke$533.8MCaswell$531.3MPatrick$535.0MBeaver$535.0MThayer$535.5M
The read

Union's economy produced $532.8M in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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