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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#2542 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$399.6M
GDP growth
+0.9%
Jobs tracked
1,063
Employers
64
Avg. wage
$44.2k
Population
7,502
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$46.0k±$8.7k
Business applications
99 · 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
Transportation50%
Health care19%
Manufacturing15%
Retail trade10%
Professional services3%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,502
residents · 2025 · -2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $46.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+16
International migration+28
Natural change−211

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$267.0M
2019
$324.5M
2020
$298.1M
2021
$383.1M
2022
$396.2M
2023
$399.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.1k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$731/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
24.9%±5.3%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
15.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 78Landslide 70Tornado 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2023
146
2014
142
2015
144
2016
159
2017
179
2018
202
2019
190
2020
208
2021
247
2022
329
2023

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.3 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
15.7 km
MSCI
Nearest port
78.3 km
Memphis-Shelby County Port, TN
Nearest commercial airport
57.8 km
UNIVERSITY-OXFORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.2k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Andrew$398.9MAllendale$398.3MGrayson$398.0MPike$401.3MCuster$397.6MLincoln$397.0M
The read

Benton's economy produced $399.6M in 2024, growing 0.9% year over year — slower than 77% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.

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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