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County profile

Decatur

United States · GDP 2024
#2862 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$222.5M
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
549
Employers
98
Avg. wage
$36.4k
Population
2,716
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$53.9k±$4.0k
Business applications
31 · 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 care39%
Retail trade19%
Wholesale trade16%
Professional services10%
Food & accommodation9%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,716
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $66.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+38
International migration+22
Natural change−103

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$116.1M
2019
$146.1M
2020
$165.4M
2021
$263.7M
2022
$213.2M
2023
$222.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$89.5k±$13.0k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$93/mo
Vacancy rate
18.8%±5.1%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
0 (0.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
11.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 91Drought 76Strong wind 61

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
67.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
NKCR
Nearest port
404.1 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
48.2 km
MC COOK BEN NELSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$36.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Pulaski$222.7MKittson$222.9MLewis$223.1MFallon$223.5MLafayette$221.3MEddy$221.1M
The read

Decatur's economy produced $222.5M in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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