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DeKalb

United States · GDP 2024
#898 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.4B
GDP growth
-0.5%
Jobs tracked
21,088
Employers
1,034
Avg. wage
$62.2k
Population
44,535
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$74.3k±$4.9k
Business applications
406 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Perpetual Industries Inc.Industrials$157.2k——

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
Manufacturing56%
Transportation11%
Health care10%
Food & accommodation9%
Retail trade9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,535
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $59.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+793
International migration+123
Natural change+302

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$3.0B
2021
$3.4B
2022
$3.5B
2023
$3.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.1k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±1.5%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
114 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$960/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 80Tornado 68Hail 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
235
2016
246
2017
263
2018
275
2019
287
2020
320
2021
364
2022
413
2023
423
2024
451
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.2 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
3.6 km
NS
Nearest port
124.1 km
THE ANDERSONS-TOLEDO-EDWIN DRIVE ELEVATORS
Nearest commercial airport
49.5 km
FORT WAYNE INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.01-21
10-KPerpetual Industries Inc.12-18
10-QPerpetual Industries Inc.06-15
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.06-10
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.05-26
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.03-17
10-QPerpetual Industries Inc.03-16
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.02-24
8-KPerpetual Industries Inc.12-19
10-QPerpetual Industries Inc.12-15
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.2k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Iberville$3.4BJefferson$3.5BCooke$3.4BColumbia$3.5BReno$3.4BKershaw$3.4B
The read

DeKalb's economy produced $3.4B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% 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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