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Boone

United States · GDP 2024
#1636 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
-4.9%
Jobs tracked
6,497
Employers
603
Avg. wage
$52.3k
Population
26,799
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$83.5k±$5.5k
Business applications
243 · 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 care25%
Retail trade22%
Construction17%
Transportation17%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,799
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+489
International migration+6
Natural change−391

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.4k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.2%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
207 (7.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
28.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Hail 66Winter weather 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
240
2016
251
2017
263
2018
273
2019
277
2020
302
2021
332
2022
359
2023
388
2024
396
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
UP
Nearest port
182.7 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
60.1 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Saline$1.3BPerry$1.3BMiami$1.3BWhite$1.3BEureka$1.3BSpencer$1.3B
The read

Boone's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 4.9% year over year — slower than 90% 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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