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Decatur

United States · GDP 2024
#1329 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+1.6%
Jobs tracked
12,035
Employers
652
Avg. wage
$54.9k
Population
26,576
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$7.4k
Business applications
241 · 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
Manufacturing44%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support9%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,576
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+18
International migration+137
Natural change−38

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$1.6B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.1k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±2.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
70 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
23.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 62Tornado 60Earthquake 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
207
2016
215
2017
222
2018
236
2019
251
2020
278
2021
308
2022
347
2023
374
2024
376
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CIND
Nearest port
59.0 km
Consolidated Grain & Barge Upper Wharf, Aurora Terminal
Nearest commercial airport
34.4 km
COLUMBUS MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Nobles$1.9BCass$1.9BWashington$1.9BHendry$1.9BWythe$1.9BPulaski$1.9B
The read

Decatur's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of 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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