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Elk

United States · GDP 2024
#3057 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$102.3M
GDP growth
-9.5%
Jobs tracked
306
Employers
54
Avg. wage
$32.8k
Population
2,458
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$64.6k±$9.0k
Business applications
32 · 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
Food & accommodation45%
Retail trade17%
Health care17%
Other services11%
Finance & insurance8%
Transportation2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
2,458
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+79
International migration+0
Natural change−103

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$80.9M
2019
$81.2M
2020
$86.6M
2021
$92.8M
2022
$113.0M
2023
$102.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$68.5k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$552/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
33.0%±4.5%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
14.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$877/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 92Ice storm 51Landslide 51
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$32.8k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Campbell$103.5MChautauqua$101.0MFrontier$104.2MCollingsworth$104.4MMineral$100.1MGrant$104.5M
The read

Elk's economy produced $102.3M in 2024, contracting 9.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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