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Forrest

United States · GDP 2024
#728 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.8B
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
32,739
Employers
1,741
Avg. wage
$49.9k
Population
79,034
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$53.6k±$2.8k
Business applications
1,296 · 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
Health care35%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade17%
Manufacturing17%
Admin & support8%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
79,034
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−890
International migration+1,095
Natural change+630

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.7B
2019
$3.7B
2020
$4.1B
2021
$4.4B
2022
$4.7B
2023
$4.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.0k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$972/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±1.4%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
75 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
78.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 93Strong wind 92Hurricane 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
302
2016
310
2017
322
2018
327
2019
342
2020
376
2021
430
2022
449
2023
489
2024
509
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.4 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
85.8 km
J. RAY MCDERMOTT GULFPORT WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
31.8 km
HATTIESBURG/LAUREL RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lauderdale$4.8BAtascosa$4.8BPittsylvania + Danville$4.8BColumbiana$4.8BRogers$4.9BWashington$4.8B
The read

Forrest's economy produced $4.8B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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