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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#2245 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$623.3M
GDP growth
-8.6%
Jobs tracked
1,214
Employers
160
Avg. wage
$49.3k
Population
8,883
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$2.6k
Business applications
84 · 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%
Wholesale trade18%
Retail trade14%
Health care13%
Transportation9%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,883
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+76
International migration+84
Natural change+14

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$490.1M
2019
$519.7M
2020
$575.8M
2021
$654.6M
2022
$681.6M
2023
$623.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.0k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
6 (0.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
4.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 43Earthquake 42Hail 40
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
170
2016
175
2017
194
2018
197
2019
213
2020
231
2021
282
2022
308
2023
317
2024
339
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.2 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
KBSR
Nearest port
102.6 km
Northern Indiana District, IN
Nearest commercial airport
38.3 km
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Colfax$623.5MLipscomb$623.7MBrown$624.0MMoore$625.1MProwers$625.3MBailey$626.0M
The read

Benton's economy produced $623.3M in 2024, contracting 8.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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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