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Ford

United States · GDP 2024
#933 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
GDP growth
-1.8%
Jobs tracked
15,828
Employers
803
Avg. wage
$53.5k
Population
33,993
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$70.8k±$6.5k
Business applications
315 · 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
Manufacturing53%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Health care10%
Wholesale trade6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,993
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,822
International migration+1,004
Natural change+1,576

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B
2019
$2.4B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.3B
2023
$3.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.1k±$13.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
64 (1.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$969/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Drought 96Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
263
2016
273
2017
275
2018
289
2019
299
2020
331
2021
399
2022
439
2023
458
2024
482
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Grant$3.2BJuneau City and Borough$3.2BMadison$3.2BWilkes$3.2BIron$3.2BWatauga$3.2B
The read

Ford's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% 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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