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Mercer

United States · GDP 2024
#3006 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$136.6M
GDP growth
-2.7%
Jobs tracked
384
Employers
79
Avg. wage
$47.7k
Population
3,404
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$14.5k
Business applications
62 · 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 trade27%
Health care21%
Manufacturing16%
Construction13%
Transportation12%
Other services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,404
residents · 2025 · -3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−153
International migration+47
Natural change−5

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$111.5M
2019
$104.2M
2020
$133.1M
2021
$121.4M
2022
$140.4M
2023
$136.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$104.9k±$15.3k
Median gross rent
$590/mo±$150/mo
Vacancy rate
31.5%±4.5%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
12.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 79Drought 77Wildfire 48

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
UP
Nearest port
117.4 km
AGRISERVICES OF BRUNSWICK DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
94.3 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kiowa$135.0MJudith Basin$138.6MNewton$138.7MHarmon$138.9MVan Buren$134.2MRock$133.5M
The read

Mercer's economy produced $136.6M in 2024, contracting 2.7% year over year — slower than 87% 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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