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Clay

United States · GDP 2024
#1498 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
GDP growth
+8.4%
Jobs tracked
7,012
Employers
570
Avg. wage
$51.8k
Population
16,202
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$5.1k
Business applications
171 · 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
Retail trade28%
Health care27%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,202
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−75
International migration+132
Natural change−185

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.6k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$811/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±2.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
61 (3.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
36.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 83Winter weather 71Drought 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
283
2016
293
2017
304
2018
312
2019
314
2020
338
2021
377
2022
397
2023
407
2024
428
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.8 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
CPKC
Nearest port
123.5 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
98.0 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Vernon$1.5BFannin$1.5BMason$1.5BMuhlenberg$1.5BPierce$1.5BBlount$1.5B
The read

Clay's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 8.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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