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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#2448 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 30% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$467.1M
GDP growth
+11.4%
Jobs tracked
806
Employers
134
Avg. wage
$45.6k
Population
5,270
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$69.8k±$3.5k
Business applications
57 · 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 care39%
Retail trade19%
Wholesale trade17%
Other services9%
Construction8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,270
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $74.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+121
International migration+59
Natural change−122

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$274.1M
2019
$269.3M
2020
$373.0M
2021
$401.3M
2022
$419.1M
2023
$467.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.9k±$19.3k
Median gross rent
$681/mo±$140/mo
Vacancy rate
16.5%±3.6%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
13 (2.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
25.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 95Drought 81Strong wind 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
156
2016
167
2017
178
2018
198
2019
191
2020
212
2021
251
2022
285
2023
303
2024
331
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
NCRC
Nearest port
129.3 km
CONSOLIDATED BLENDERS BLAIR TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
66.7 km
CENTRAL NEBRASKA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mitchell$467.6MWashington$468.0MSequatchie$466.1MJack$468.4MClinton$465.7MClay$469.1M
The read

Polk's economy produced $467.1M in 2024, growing 11.4% year over year — faster than 94% of 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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