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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#1742 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+1.0%
Jobs tracked
4,296
Employers
535
Avg. wage
$48.2k
Population
26,004
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$87.0k±$3.2k
Business applications
225 · 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
Health care23%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing20%
Wholesale trade16%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,004
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $66.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+397
International migration+29
Natural change+46

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$893.5M
2019
$900.1M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.2k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$826/mo±$142/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.7%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
28 (1.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
28.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 83Strong wind 77Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
213
2016
221
2017
231
2018
235
2019
243
2020
268
2021
295
2022
315
2023
331
2024
345
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
111.8 km
MUSCATINE PUBLIC LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
36.4 km
THE EASTERN IOWA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Humphreys$1.1BVernon$1.1BFulton$1.1BJo Daviess$1.1BVermillion$1.1BWinston$1.1B
The read

Benton's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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