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Mercer

United States · GDP 2024
#1731 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
5,351
Employers
359
Avg. wage
$56.5k
Population
23,733
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$64.8k±$5.7k
Business applications
340 · 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
Manufacturing52%
Retail trade14%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,733
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $49.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,396
International migration+68
Natural change−393

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$832.5M
2019
$797.4M
2020
$877.0M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.3k±$16.5k
Median gross rent
$831/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±2.5%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
132 (5.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 75Tornado 69Ice storm 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
253
2016
262
2017
282
2018
291
2019
301
2020
333
2021
382
2022
426
2023
480
2024
478
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
NS
Nearest port
38.2 km
VALLEY VIEW FERRY, LEXINGTON-FAYETTE
Nearest commercial airport
34.1 km
BLUE GRASS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Union$1.1BRandolph$1.1BLeon$1.1BCaribou$1.1BCass$1.1BHardin$1.1B
The read

Mercer's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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