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Clay

United States · GDP 2024
#1952 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$877.1M
GDP growth
+2.8%
Jobs tracked
3,742
Employers
298
Avg. wage
$46.6k
Population
15,031
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$56.9k±$5.2k
Business applications
137 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Food & accommodation26%
Retail trade25%
Health care23%
Transportation14%
Manufacturing7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,031
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−113
International migration+205
Natural change−71

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$622.5M
2019
$615.8M
2020
$711.0M
2021
$808.6M
2022
$853.1M
2023
$877.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$232.3k±$23.3k
Median gross rent
$770/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±3.4%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
21 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
20.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$929/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 73Winter weather 72Hail 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
217
2016
221
2017
237
2018
244
2019
253
2020
281
2021
323
2022
335
2023
354
2024
371
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fillmore$877.0MSumner$878.1MMcDuffie$875.3MGrady$873.9MKnox$873.9MLincoln$880.5M
The read

Clay's economy produced $877.1M in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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