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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#1710 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
7,340
Employers
600
Avg. wage
$45.7k
Population
33,604
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$59.6k±$3.0k
Business applications
435 · 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
Health care41%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation13%
Manufacturing11%
Education7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,604
residents · 2025 · +6.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,816
International migration+174
Natural change−4

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$812.3M
2019
$829.2M
2020
$917.0M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$205.8k±$12.2k
Median gross rent
$814/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±2.3%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
61 (1.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
54.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$888/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 87Heat wave 82Strong wind 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
165
2016
175
2017
183
2018
190
2019
196
2020
225
2021
271
2022
297
2023
315
2024
328
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.1 km
I-44
Nearest freight rail
36.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
152.2 km
Capital Sand Co. Jefferson City Lower Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
41.3 km
SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Franklin$1.2BFloyd$1.2BAnson$1.2BStewart$1.2BTaylor$1.2BOkmulgee$1.2B
The read

Polk's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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