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Cottonwood

United States · GDP 2024
#1964 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$865.1M
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
5,046
Employers
325
Avg. wage
$45.6k
Population
11,405
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$72.9k±$5.8k
Business applications
91 · 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care17%
Retail trade14%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade7%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,405
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−329
International migration+231
Natural change−23

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$607.6M
2019
$678.7M
2020
$778.5M
2021
$893.2M
2022
$828.2M
2023
$865.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.3k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±2.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
10 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
27.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 78Hail 75Cold wave 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
227
2016
225
2017
239
2018
248
2019
254
2020
284
2021
332
2022
324
2023
325
2024
340
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Harris$865.5MLawrence$864.5MWashington$866.8MOuachita$862.9MSunflower$862.7MCibola$868.1M
The read

Cottonwood's economy produced $865.1M in 2024, growing 4.5% 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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