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Brown

United States · GDP 2024
#2476 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$442.6M
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
2,567
Employers
371
Avg. wage
$36.3k
Population
15,777
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$78.5k±$8.5k
Business applications
204 · 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
Food & accommodation47%
Retail trade17%
Health care14%
Professional services8%
Construction8%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,777
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $66.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+764
International migration+16
Natural change−478

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$313.5M
2019
$291.1M
2020
$327.0M
2021
$356.3M
2022
$410.2M
2023
$442.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$269.1k±$26.8k
Median gross rent
$895/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
20.9%±2.6%
Affordability
7.4× wages
Residential permits
59 (3.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
19.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 72Landslide 58Tornado 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
206
2016
217
2017
236
2018
252
2019
260
2020
285
2021
347
2022
365
2023
387
2024
413
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.2 km
I-65
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
INRD
Nearest port
86.7 km
Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corp, Clifty Creek Station Lower Coal Dock
Nearest commercial airport
29.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$36.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Keokuk$442.6MHaskell$442.8MRed River$441.8MWells$443.7MJefferson$440.6MSpencer$444.7M
The read

Brown's economy produced $442.6M in 2024, growing 7.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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