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Decatur

United States · GDP 2024
#2462 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$456.7M
GDP growth
+7.5%
Jobs tracked
3,053
Employers
228
Avg. wage
$44.6k
Population
11,820
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$45.4k±$5.3k
Business applications
115 · 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
Health care37%
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,820
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+843
International migration+42
Natural change−508

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$328.8M
2019
$325.4M
2020
$346.4M
2021
$384.8M
2022
$424.9M
2023
$456.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.6k±$16.4k
Median gross rent
$757/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
30.7%±3.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
7 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
38.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 83Cold wave 72Tornado 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
121
2016
134
2017
130
2018
136
2019
144
2020
156
2021
194
2022
210
2023
196
2024
228
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.4 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
45.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
6.8 km
Tinker Sand and Gravel, Perryville Sand and Gravel Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
72.9 km
JACKSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Pawnee$457.5MCalhoun$458.1MCrook$458.1MClay$454.8MCedar$458.8MMonroe$454.6M
The read

Decatur's economy produced $456.7M in 2024, growing 7.5% 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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