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Johnston

United States · GDP 2024
#393 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.6B
GDP growth
+10.2%
Jobs tracked
49,067
Employers
4,151
Avg. wage
$52.4k
Population
256,448
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$83.4k±$2.2k
Business applications
3,878 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1KS Bancorp, Inc.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
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care14%
Construction14%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
256,448
residents · 2025 · +17.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+31,619
International migration+3,396
Natural change+4,025

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$7.2B
2019
$7.8B
2020
$8.4B
2021
$9.7B
2022
$10.5B
2023
$11.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$305.6k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
6.2%±0.8%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
3,002 (11.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
85.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Tornado 94Heat wave 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
336
2016
358
2017
383
2018
407
2019
427
2020
488
2021
609
2022
638
2023
657
2024
666
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
116.1 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
55.2 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.03-18
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.03-16
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.03-07
DEF 14AKS Bancorp, Inc.01-28
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.01-21
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.12-22
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.10-25
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.07-26
8-KKS Bancorp, Inc.04-27
DEF 14AKS Bancorp, Inc.03-29
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
El Dorado$11.6BWashington$11.6BKootenai$11.5BKent$11.7BLoving$11.5BRacine$11.7B
The read

Johnston's economy produced $11.6B in 2024, growing 10.2% year over year — faster than 91% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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