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Fountain

United States · GDP 2024
#2228 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$637.5M
GDP growth
-5.4%
Jobs tracked
4,384
Employers
332
Avg. wage
$45.2k
Population
17,013
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$5.1k
Business applications
145 · 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
Manufacturing46%
Health care20%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services5%
Finance & insurance4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,013
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+730
International migration+35
Natural change−244

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$472.3M
2019
$476.1M
2020
$580.9M
2021
$645.2M
2022
$673.8M
2023
$637.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$143.4k±$14.1k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
11.9%±2.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
29 (1.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
21.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 68Cold wave 67Drought 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
203
2016
219
2017
227
2018
239
2019
246
2020
291
2021
307
2022
343
2023
377
2024
409
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Clarke$638.9MFranklin$635.1MAttala$640.7MTraill$634.0MMason$633.8MLaSalle$633.7M
The read

Fountain's economy produced $637.5M in 2024, contracting 5.4% 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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