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Decatur

United States · GDP 2024
#2750 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$277.6M
GDP growth
+3.5%
Jobs tracked
1,744
Employers
146
Avg. wage
$41.1k
Population
7,655
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$59.0k±$4.4k
Business applications
79 · 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 trade34%
Health care32%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction8%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,655
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−52
International migration+42
Natural change−56

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$220.5M
2019
$221.1M
2020
$260.5M
2021
$282.4M
2022
$268.3M
2023
$277.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$113.9k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$611/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
16.5%±3.2%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
23.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 94Landslide 73Heat wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
112
2016
108
2017
112
2018
112
2019
120
2020
129
2021
149
2022
147
2023
175
2024
177
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
27.2 km
UP
Nearest port
143.0 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
89.2 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$41.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Taylor$277.6MMiller$277.4MCaldwell$277.4MGuadalupe$277.8MFerry$278.6MMcHenry$278.7M
The read

Decatur's economy produced $277.6M in 2024, growing 3.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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