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Madison

United States · GDP 2024
#441 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.9B
GDP growth
+7.0%
Jobs tracked
55,061
Employers
3,489
Avg. wage
$53.6k
Population
116,298
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$83.4k±$2.9k
Business applications
3,433 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.Consumer Defensive$4.3B83B+2EastGroup Properties, Inc.Real Estate$721.3M80B+3Phosphate Holdings, Inc.Basic Materials———

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
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care17%
Professional services15%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
116,298
residents · 2025 · +6.5% since 2020
Income per capita $90.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,926
International migration+3,050
Natural change+1,058

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.6B
2019
$6.7B
2020
$7.6B
2021
$8.5B
2022
$9.3B
2023
$9.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$311.1k±$10.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
7.4%±1.0%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
457 (3.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 96Heat wave 89Cold wave 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
240
2016
245
2017
248
2018
257
2019
258
2020
281
2021
315
2022
345
2023
358
2024
364
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
GRYR
Nearest port
44.8 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, YAZOO CITY, GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
36.1 km
JACKSON-MEDGAR WILEY EVERS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KCal-Maine Foods, Inc.06-30
8-KCal-Maine Foods, Inc.06-23
8-KEastGroup Properties, Inc.05-26
10-QEastGroup Properties, Inc.04-22
8-KEastGroup Properties, Inc.04-22
DEF 14AEastGroup Properties, Inc.04-10
8-KCal-Maine Foods, Inc.04-01
8-KCal-Maine Foods, Inc.04-01
10-QCal-Maine Foods, Inc.04-01
8-KCal-Maine Foods, Inc.03-03
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
La Crosse$9.9BHouston$9.9BWashington$10.0BFlorence$10.0BPorter$9.9BCampbell + Lynchburg$9.9B
The read

Madison's economy produced $9.9B 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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