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Brown

United States · GDP 2024
#943 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.2B
GDP growth
-1.1%
Jobs tracked
17,306
Employers
1,245
Avg. wage
$52.6k
Population
37,561
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.7%
Median HH income
$70.9k±$3.6k
Business applications
354 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Dacotah Banks, Inc.Financial Services$288.2M58C

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
Manufacturing26%
Health care24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade9%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,561
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $80.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−998
International migration+311
Natural change−3

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B
2019
$2.4B
2020
$2.7B
2021
$3.0B
2022
$3.2B
2023
$3.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$221.1k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$777/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±1.8%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
169 (4.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
73.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Cold wave 96Hail 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
440
2016
452
2017
460
2018
477
2019
482
2020
515
2021
582
2022
639
2023
639
2024
650
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
St. Clair$3.2BLafayette$3.2BWalker$3.1BThomas$3.2BPolk$3.1BClinton$3.2B
The read

Brown's economy produced $3.2B in 2024, contracting 1.1% year over year — slower than 83% of 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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