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Meade

United States · GDP 2024
#1839 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
GDP growth
+22.3%
Jobs tracked
3,633
Employers
362
Avg. wage
$58.8k
Population
30,699
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$74.4k±$4.4k
Business applications
351 · 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
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation22%
Construction20%
Health care14%
Manufacturing11%
Professional services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,699
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $52.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+744
International migration+37
Natural change−108

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$555.9M
2019
$574.6M
2020
$710.5M
2021
$752.3M
2022
$819.7M
2023
$1.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.9k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±2.6%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
165 (5.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
40.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 79Tornado 76Ice storm 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
196
2016
206
2017
219
2018
226
2019
233
2020
264
2021
311
2022
310
2023
337
2024
341
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
7.5 km
CGB Brandenburg
Nearest commercial airport
47.7 km
LOUISVILLE MUHAMMAD ALI INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$58.8k
avg. annual pay · +53% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Ellis$1.0BRichland$1.0BPerry$1.0BSan Miguel$1.0BWilbarger$1.0BLamb$1.0B
The read

Meade's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 22.3% year over year — faster than 99% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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