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Union

United States · GDP 2024
#1921 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$904.8M
GDP growth
+5.3%
Jobs tracked
5,632
Employers
418
Avg. wage
$46.8k
Population
26,799
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$41.6k±$3.5k
Business applications
276 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing35%
Transportation20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,799
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $43.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+513
International migration+210
Natural change−1,103

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$814.3M
2019
$741.7M
2020
$776.5M
2021
$800.4M
2022
$859.3M
2023
$904.8M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$103.6k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$804/mo±$142/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±2.1%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
373 (13.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 88Lightning 84Cold wave 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
160
2016
163
2017
174
2018
177
2019
191
2020
210
2021
268
2022
293
2023
313
2024
308
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.8 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
NS
Nearest port
236.0 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
59.4 km
GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Thomas$904.7MFulton$905.1MGreen Lake$904.2MGreene$903.9MButler$903.8MRussell$903.7M
The read

Union's economy produced $904.8M in 2024, growing 5.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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