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Union

United States · GDP 2024
#114 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$51.9B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
208,505
Employers
14,276
Avg. wage
$81.6k
Population
601,863
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$103.2k±$2.7k
Business applications
10,938 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Merck & Co., Inc.Healthcare$65.0B84B+2Kenvue Inc.Consumer Defensive$15.1B58C3Village Super Market, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.3B72B4Spectacular Solar, Inc.Industrials$3.5M——5Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$90.0k43D6Yorkville Acquisition Corp.Financial Services———7Leapfrog Acquisition CorporationFinancial Services———8Yorkville International Capital Corp.Financial Services———9Francisco Industries, Inc.Financial Services———10JATT II Acquisition Corp.Financial Services———

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 care26%
Retail trade21%
Wholesale trade15%
Transportation13%
Food & accommodation13%
Professional services12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
601,863
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $85.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−27,452
International migration+42,596
Natural change+12,728

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$40.3B
2019
$38.8B
2020
$41.4B
2021
$46.2B
2022
$49.5B
2023
$51.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$529.2k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
4.3%±0.4%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
1,228 (2.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Winter weather 99Lightning 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
849
2016
868
2017
898
2018
934
2019
963
2020
1058
2021
1199
2022
1320
2023
1440
2024
1519
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

23 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KJATT II Acquisition Corp.06-29
8-KVillage Super Market, Inc.06-12
10-QVillage Super Market, Inc.06-03
8-KCitius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.06-01
10-QJATT II Acquisition Corp.05-29
8-KMerck & Co., Inc.05-28
8-KMerck & Co., Inc.05-22
8-KKenvue Inc.05-22
10-QCitius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.05-15
8-KCitius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.05-15
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$81.6k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Monmouth$52.7BDurham$53.3BEl Paso$53.3BCharleston$50.5BWill$50.3BSouth Central Connecticut$50.1B
The read

Union's economy produced $51.9B in 2024, growing 5.0% 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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