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Hickory

United States · GDP 2024
#2847 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$228.4M
GDP growth
+6.0%
Jobs tracked
1,008
Employers
154
Avg. wage
$34.7k
Population
9,044
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$39.4k±$3.1k
Business applications
124 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 trade38%
Health care29%
Food & accommodation11%
Arts & recreation8%
Other services8%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,044
residents · 2025 · +8.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,076
International migration+4
Natural change−331

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$158.4M
2019
$165.1M
2020
$179.9M
2021
$200.5M
2022
$215.5M
2023
$228.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.1k±$20.8k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$122/mo
Vacancy rate
34.3%±3.2%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
23.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 84Wildfire 69Heat wave 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
196
2016
180
2017
218
2018
232
2019
243
2020
277
2021
292
2022
325
2023
350
2024
459
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
62.8 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
57.6 km
CMR
Nearest port
123.3 km
Capital Sand Co. Jefferson City Lower Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
77.6 km
SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$34.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Barber$228.6MReynolds$227.9MRandolph$227.8MCuster$227.5MBlaine$227.4MGreene$229.6M
The read

Hickory's economy produced $228.4M in 2024, growing 6.0% 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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