County profile
Brown County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1688 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,873
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
561
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,397
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±1.7%
Poverty rate
19.6%±2.8%
Business applications
483 · 2025
Retail establishments
101
22.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 care30%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing12%
Other services9%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,397
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,409
International migration+61
Natural change−748
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$889.0M2019
$908.6M2020
$1.0B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$196.2k±$9.9k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
12.4%±1.9%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$47.6M
141 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Strong wind 84Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2292017
2502018
2592019
2742020
3112021
3522022
3812023
4252024
4332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 16% since 20211222021
1182022
1382023
1472024
1412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.1 km
I-275
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
NS
Nearest port
21.1 km
BOUDES FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
51.1 km
CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Brown?
Brown's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.0% 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.