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Barber

United States · GDP 2024
#2846 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$228.6M
GDP growth
-11.4%
Jobs tracked
1,238
Employers
172
Avg. wage
$43.7k
Population
4,083
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$6.0k
Business applications
42 · 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 care29%
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing17%
Mining & energy13%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,083
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−27
International migration+5
Natural change−93

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$186.5M
2019
$188.7M
2020
$205.7M
2021
$241.0M
2022
$257.9M
2023
$228.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.0k±$17.6k
Median gross rent
$830/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±4.5%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
40.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Wildfire 92Cold wave 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
133
2015
145
2016
143
2017
174
2018
174
2019
143
2020
146
2021
166
2022
221
2024
222
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
119.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
10.1 km
VSR
Nearest port
284.7 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
120.0 km
WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hickory$228.4MReynolds$227.9MRandolph$227.8MGreene$229.6MCuster$227.5MBlaine$227.4M
The read

Barber's economy produced $228.6M in 2024, contracting 11.4% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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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