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Van Buren

United States · GDP 2024
#2708 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$295.0M
GDP growth
+0.7%
Jobs tracked
1,389
Employers
149
Avg. wage
$44.9k
Population
7,131
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$61.2k±$6.2k
Business applications
89 · 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
Manufacturing48%
Health care20%
Retail trade13%
Wholesale trade8%
Food & accommodation6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,131
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−81
International migration+3
Natural change−11

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$233.0M
2019
$229.3M
2020
$272.9M
2021
$316.8M
2022
$293.1M
2023
$295.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.6k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$622/mo±$183/mo
Vacancy rate
17.0%±3.1%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
5 (0.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
33.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 82Lightning 81Heat wave 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2011–2022
117
2011
125
2012
123
2013
137
2015
138
2016
127
2017
139
2018
155
2020
165
2021
221
2022

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
99.1 km
I-172
Nearest freight rail
28.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
50.8 km
HYDRO MERSCHMAN, MONTROSE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.5 km
SOUTHEAST IOWA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Howard$295.1MBear Lake$295.7MPrince of Wales-Hyder Census Area$294.0MCoke$293.9MKent$296.5MIrwin$293.1M
The read

Van Buren's economy produced $295.0M in 2024, growing 0.7% year over year — slower than 77% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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