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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#2424 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$482.6M
GDP growth
+8.6%
Jobs tracked
1,478
Employers
238
Avg. wage
$38.6k
Population
18,592
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$6.1k
Business applications
182 · 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
Food & accommodation24%
Health care23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing17%
Other services8%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,592
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,650
International migration−2
Natural change−631

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$310.9M
2019
$334.0M
2020
$413.6M
2021
$494.0M
2022
$444.5M
2023
$482.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.9k±$14.0k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
18.1%±2.8%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
150 (8.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
31.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Wildfire 76Earthquake 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
122
2016
131
2017
138
2018
147
2019
155
2020
168
2021
211
2022
212
2023
261
2024
237
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
7.7 km
TOHX
Nearest port
28.9 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
62.6 km
LOVELL FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$38.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Presque Isle$482.1MVan Buren$483.8MLake$481.1MRefugio$484.3MAtoka$484.7MCherry$484.9M
The read

Polk's economy produced $482.6M in 2024, growing 8.6% year over year — faster than most 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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