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Buena Vista

United States · GDP 2024
#1307 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+8.2%
Jobs tracked
8,855
Employers
491
Avg. wage
$51.8k
Population
20,449
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$7.9k
Business applications
183 · 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
Manufacturing49%
Retail trade15%
Health care14%
Education9%
Food & accommodation9%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,449
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $57.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,662
International migration+730
Natural change+559

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.5k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$894/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
9.0%±2.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
16 (0.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
39.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 92Winter weather 77Drought 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
206
2016
223
2017
227
2018
228
2019
234
2020
255
2021
303
2022
286
2023
325
2024
348
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Branch$1.9BStutsman$1.9BHalifax$1.9BVan Zandt$1.9BBoone$1.9BDunn$1.9B
The read

Buena Vista's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 8.2% year over year — faster than most 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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