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DeKalb

United States · GDP 2024
#2520 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$417.4M
GDP growth
-0.5%
Jobs tracked
2,181
Employers
231
Avg. wage
$45.3k
Population
9,795
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$11.8k
Business applications
111 · 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 trade32%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance14%
Wholesale trade10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,795
residents · 2025 · -15.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,668
International migration+32
Natural change−262

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$346.6M
2019
$359.1M
2020
$370.7M
2021
$411.0M
2022
$419.5M
2023
$417.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.2k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±2.6%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
16.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 69Tornado 56Hail 50
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
132
2016
139
2017
148
2018
155
2019
158
2020
180
2021
191
2022
214
2023
248
2024
239
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
34.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
42.1 km
HOLLIDAY SAND AND GRAVEL CO ST. JOSEPH PLANT & DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.2 km
ROSECRANS MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Osage$417.5MBraxton$417.2MGarfield$417.2MIron$419.5MCarroll$419.8MTelfair$414.9M
The read

DeKalb's economy produced $417.4M in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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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