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Carter

United States · GDP 2024
#1485 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
+7.3%
Jobs tracked
9,177
Employers
751
Avg. wage
$44.6k
Population
57,361
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$3.2k
Business applications
496 · 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
Retail trade25%
Health care20%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation19%
Education9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
57,361
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $45.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,867
International migration+264
Natural change−2,274

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.3B
2022
$1.4B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.2k±$4.4k
Median gross rent
$739/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
190 (3.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
63.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Strong wind 84Lightning 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
207
2016
217
2017
230
2018
240
2019
253
2020
288
2021
344
2022
415
2023
422
2024
438
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.2 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
7.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
158.4 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
32.2 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Gunnison$1.6BInyo$1.6BPike$1.6BCaldwell$1.6BStarr$1.6BMalheur$1.6B
The read

Carter's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 7.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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