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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#2097 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$734.5M
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
4,151
Employers
504
Avg. wage
$43.3k
Population
20,533
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$67.8k±$6.1k
Business applications
280 · 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 care40%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade13%
Construction13%
Manufacturing12%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,533
residents · 2025 · +6.0% since 2020
Income per capita $72.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,148
International migration−7
Natural change−994

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$529.3M
2019
$517.6M
2020
$579.1M
2021
$634.3M
2022
$695.2M
2023
$734.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.0k±$21.5k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$119/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±2.5%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
141 (6.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
36.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$983/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Ice storm 87Lightning 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
201
2016
207
2017
226
2018
241
2019
249
2020
287
2021
338
2022
385
2023
427
2024
432
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.8 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
10.0 km
NS
Nearest port
168.6 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
38.0 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Assumption$734.6MSitka City and Borough$734.7MChattooga$735.7MTrimble$735.7MTipton$735.9MItawamba$733.0M
The read

Polk's economy produced $734.5M in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most 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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