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Brown

United States · GDP 2024
#1277 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
GDP growth
+7.0%
Jobs tracked
12,995
Employers
786
Avg. wage
$54.2k
Population
25,517
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$69.4k±$3.1k
Business applications
196 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Nuvera Communications, Inc.Communication Services$53.5M67B

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
Manufacturing30%
Health care22%
Retail trade17%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation11%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,517
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $66.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−199
International migration+113
Natural change−319

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.8B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$2.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$191.2k±$11.0k
Median gross rent
$890/mo±$72/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.5%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
33 (1.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Winter weather 82Strong wind 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
331
2016
347
2017
358
2018
376
2019
380
2020
412
2021
459
2022
485
2023
513
2024
543
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
CPKC
Nearest port
124.2 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
138.9 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KNuvera Communications, Inc.05-22
10-QNuvera Communications, Inc.05-15
DEF 14ANuvera Communications, Inc.04-09
10-KNuvera Communications, Inc.03-16
10-QNuvera Communications, Inc.11-14
10-QNuvera Communications, Inc.08-14
8-KNuvera Communications, Inc.05-23
10-QNuvera Communications, Inc.05-15
DEF 14ANuvera Communications, Inc.04-11
10-KNuvera Communications, Inc.03-17
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Madison$2.0BJerome$2.0BButler$2.0BPike$2.0BWarren$2.0BColusa$2.0B
The read

Brown's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 7.0% year over year — faster than most 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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