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Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#1912 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$911.3M
GDP growth
-1.6%
Jobs tracked
6,922
Employers
608
Avg. wage
$52.3k
Population
15,291
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$61.6k±$10.4k
Business applications
266 · 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
Finance & insurance23%
Retail trade20%
Education16%
Manufacturing16%
Health care13%
Professional services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,291
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,069
International migration+922
Natural change−275

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$740.4M
2019
$721.2M
2020
$839.5M
2021
$931.0M
2022
$925.7M
2023
$911.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.4k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$883/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.8%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
27.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Heat wave 80Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
186
2016
199
2017
197
2018
210
2019
206
2020
231
2021
253
2022
252
2023
287
2024
288
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
67.5 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.5 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Alamosa$911.6MCheboygan$911.7MCalhoun$910.9MMorrow$909.9MMeriwether$913.1MHolt$913.3M
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $911.3M in 2024, contracting 1.6% year over year — slower than 84% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is finance & insurance.

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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