County profile
Benton County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2542 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$399.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,063
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
64
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,502
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$46.0k±$8.7k
Bachelor's degree+
12.8%±2.7%
Poverty rate
21.5%±5.1%
Business applications
99 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
22.5/10k 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
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
$267.0M2019
$324.5M2020
$298.1M2021
$383.1M2022
$396.2M2023
$399.6M2024
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
$60.0k
1 units · 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
1462014
1422015
1442016
1592017
1792018
2022019
1902020
2082021
2472022
3292023
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
12024
12025
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
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What is the GDP of Benton?
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.