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Benton

United States · GDP 2024
#628 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.3B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
28,030
Employers
2,200
Avg. wage
$64.9k
Population
97,728
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$77.7k±$4.0k
Business applications
845 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Citizens BancorpFinancial Services$33.4M35D

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 care33%
Food & accommodation19%
Retail trade18%
Professional services13%
Management10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
97,728
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $62.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,847
International migration+2,600
Natural change−648

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.7B
2019
$4.8B
2020
$5.2B
2021
$5.6B
2022
$5.9B
2023
$6.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$513.0k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
5.9%±1.2%
Affordability
7.9× wages
Residential permits
484 (5.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
84.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Earthquake 97Heat wave 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
775
2016
838
2017
896
2018
944
2019
979
2020
1096
2021
1285
2022
1335
2023
1380
2024
1388
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
6.4 km
PNWR
Nearest port
51.0 km
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY HATFIELD MARINE SCIENCE CENTER WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
44.3 km
MAHLON SWEET FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$64.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Pottawattamie$6.3BGlynn$6.3BChautauqua$6.3BCalvert$6.2BLafourche$6.3BCalhoun$6.3B
The read

Benton's economy produced $6.3B 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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