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Cherokee

United States · GDP 2024
#1776 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+7.3%
Jobs tracked
4,505
Employers
340
Avg. wage
$48.9k
Population
11,369
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.0%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$4.2k
Business applications
115 · 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
Transportation31%
Health care27%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing11%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,369
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $86.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15
International migration+86
Natural change−370

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$637.0M
2019
$656.4M
2020
$834.5M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.7k±$15.2k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
56 (4.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
34.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 89Drought 80Winter weather 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
206
2016
220
2017
230
2018
238
2019
238
2020
252
2021
298
2022
310
2023
339
2024
354
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
68.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
CN
Nearest port
70.4 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
72.5 km
SIOUX GATEWAY/BRIG GENERAL BUD DAY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Buchanan$1.1BWyoming$1.1BChickasaw$1.1BBoone$1.1BDel Norte$1.1BWhite$1.1B
The read

Cherokee's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 7.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.

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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