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Phelps

United States · GDP 2024
#1223 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
GDP growth
+5.4%
Jobs tracked
15,928
Employers
1,050
Avg. wage
$48.5k
Population
45,247
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.5k
Business applications
589 · 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
Health care30%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation13%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,247
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+533
International migration+1,014
Natural change−836

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$206.5k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$798/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
14.6%±2.1%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
101 (2.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
53.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$933/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 90Ice storm 87Earthquake 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
180
2016
188
2017
194
2018
199
2019
204
2020
226
2021
260
2022
284
2023
295
2024
314
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.2 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
5.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
85.3 km
JEFFERSON CITY RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
34.1 km
WAYNESVILLE-ST ROBERT RGNL FORNEY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fayette$2.1BJackson$2.1BDeaf Smith$2.1BMacon$2.1BJasper$2.1BVenango$2.1B
The read

Phelps's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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