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Columbus

United States · GDP 2024
#1317 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+1.1%
Jobs tracked
11,658
Employers
997
Avg. wage
$45.6k
Population
50,487
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$49.4k±$4.9k
Business applications
708 · 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 care28%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support10%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,487
residents · 2025 · +0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $49.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+786
International migration+364
Natural change−1,166

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.8B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.0k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$824/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±1.7%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
55 (1.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
86.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Hurricane 97Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
174
2016
161
2017
172
2018
175
2019
186
2020
211
2021
246
2022
270
2023
293
2024
300
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.3 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
RJCS
Nearest port
35.0 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
69.2 km
WILMINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hockley$1.9BClark$1.9BCarbon$1.9BCheatham$1.9BCalloway$1.9BTallapoosa$1.9B
The read

Columbus's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 1.1% year over year — slower than 76% 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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