County profile
Vernon Parish, LA
United States · GDP 2024
#1056 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,355
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
662
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,091
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$57.3k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±1.8%
Poverty rate
19.0%±1.9%
Business applications
522 · 2025
Retail establishments
117
25.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 care33%
Retail trade23%
Admin & support16%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,091
residents · 2025 · -7.3% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,627
International migration+383
Natural change+1,660
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.6B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.0k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±1.7%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$5.6M
18 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Tornado 86Lightning 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1832017
1862018
1852019
1872020
2022021
2212022
2192023
2412024
2412025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -79% since 2021862021
442022
472023
262024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.0 km
I-49
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
USG
Nearest port
56.9 km
CLECO POWER
Nearest commercial airport
65.2 km
ALEXANDRIA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vernon?
Vernon's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most 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.