County profile
Pontotoc County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1642 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,209
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
540
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,096
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$51.5k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
16.7%±2.6%
Business applications
408 · 2025
Retail establishments
110
34.4/10k 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
Manufacturing68%
Retail trade9%
Health care9%
Food & accommodation7%
Transportation4%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,096
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $44.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+440
International migration+426
Natural change+41
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$998.0M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.1k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$864/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±2.7%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$4.4M
94 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
50.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$932/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 85Tornado 77Heat wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
1962017
2072018
2132019
2142020
2312021
2712022
2832023
3052024
2992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021652021
852022
842023
1012024
942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.1 km
I-22
Nearest freight rail
20.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
55.0 km
DOMTAR AMORY CHIP MILL
Nearest commercial airport
25.0 km
TUPELO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.0k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pontotoc?
Pontotoc's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 3.6% 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.