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Rutherford

United States · GDP 2024
#1106 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
GDP growth
+3.8%
Jobs tracked
16,815
Employers
1,289
Avg. wage
$45.4k
Population
65,745
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$51.4k±$2.7k
Business applications
744 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Valentine Beauty, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$176.6k——

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%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation14%
Other services9%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
65,745
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,436
International migration+14
Natural change−2,124

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.2B
2022
$2.4B
2023
$2.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$201.8k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
18.7%±1.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
269 (4.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
72.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 97Ice storm 91Landslide 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
187
2016
195
2017
211
2018
223
2019
233
2020
266
2021
319
2022
352
2023
376
2024
389
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
183.8 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.4 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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nearest by GDP
Erath$2.5BStephenson$2.5BVal Verde$2.5BGreen$2.5BKnox$2.5BWaupaca$2.5B
The read

Rutherford's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 3.8% 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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