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Barton

United States · GDP 2024
#1450 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
+1.9%
Jobs tracked
9,604
Employers
866
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
24,790
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$3.2k
Business applications
225 · 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
Health care31%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,790
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $61.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−628
International migration+101
Natural change−113

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.6B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$126.4k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$761/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.7%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
9 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
60.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Strong wind 91Ice storm 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
281
2016
275
2017
269
2018
288
2019
291
2020
315
2021
341
2022
378
2023
399
2024
444
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.1 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
KO
Nearest port
341.5 km
BUNGE CORP BROWNSVILLE ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
60.3 km
HAYS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Grand$1.6BMecosta$1.6BOrange$1.6BMarion$1.6BDe Witt$1.6BLincoln$1.6B
The read

Barton's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of 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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