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Franklin

United States · GDP 2024
#1006 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
GDP growth
+9.7%
Jobs tracked
12,194
Employers
1,228
Avg. wage
$53.5k
Population
82,037
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$74.2k±$3.6k
Business applications
1,218 · 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
Manufacturing42%
Retail trade16%
Construction15%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care9%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
82,037
residents · 2025 · +18.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,499
International migration+870
Natural change+584

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$284.3k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
10.2%±1.7%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
735 (9.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 88Drought 78Hurricane 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
204
2016
220
2017
232
2018
249
2019
260
2020
298
2021
365
2022
395
2023
405
2024
413
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.8 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
15.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
114.5 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
43.4 km
ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Uintah$2.9BMarion$2.9BQueen Anne's$2.9BSt. Joseph$2.9BSteele$2.9BMcKinley$2.9B
The read

Franklin's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 9.7% year over year — faster than 90% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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