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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#2256 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$613.0M
GDP growth
+7.8%
Jobs tracked
2,399
Employers
383
Avg. wage
$36.7k
Population
20,536
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$52.6k±$3.3k
Business applications
278 · 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
Retail trade37%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care19%
Other services10%
Construction8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,536
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $48.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,222
International migration+2
Natural change−1,114

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$432.6M
2019
$423.5M
2020
$464.6M
2021
$555.4M
2022
$568.7M
2023
$613.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$177.9k±$14.3k
Median gross rent
$773/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
36.9%±2.2%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
4 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
66.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Lightning 81Ice storm 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
114
2016
113
2017
122
2018
127
2019
135
2020
146
2021
183
2022
192
2023
208
2024
206
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$36.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Turner$612.7MYuma$611.9MClarke$611.6MMitchell$614.5MBrewster$611.3MWatonwan$610.8M
The read

Benton's economy produced $613.0M in 2024, growing 7.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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