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Clayton

United States · GDP 2024
#1707 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
+3.8%
Jobs tracked
4,999
Employers
487
Avg. wage
$49.5k
Population
16,845
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$4.6k
Business applications
158 · 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
Health care26%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade18%
Construction13%
Wholesale trade11%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,845
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $68.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−59
International migration+46
Natural change−160

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$904.0M
2019
$859.4M
2020
$988.9M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.5k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
55 (3.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
42.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Hail 82Drought 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
169
2016
167
2017
179
2018
182
2019
188
2020
197
2021
237
2022
232
2023
268
2024
273
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.6 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
16.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
17.5 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
71.4 km
DUBUQUE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Grenada$1.2BEvangeline$1.2BAvoyelles$1.2BAudrain$1.2BCherokee$1.2BPolk$1.2B
The read

Clayton's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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