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Muhlenberg

United States · GDP 2024
#1494 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
GDP growth
+4.0%
Jobs tracked
6,372
Employers
537
Avg. wage
$51.7k
Population
30,634
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$3.2k
Business applications
291 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care30%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,634
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+270
International migration+53
Natural change−596

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.4k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$718/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±2.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
5 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
53.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Earthquake 86Hail 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
134
2016
137
2017
131
2018
146
2019
144
2020
156
2021
181
2022
184
2023
209
2024
232
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.5 km
I-169
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
15.5 km
PARADISE POWER PLANT TVA
Nearest commercial airport
58.2 km
OWENSBORO/DAVIESS COUNTY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mason$1.5BPierce$1.5BFannin$1.5BJay$1.5BVernon$1.5BClare$1.5B
The read

Muhlenberg's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 4.0% 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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