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Brown

United States · GDP 2024
#1270 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
GDP growth
+3.8%
Jobs tracked
13,746
Employers
885
Avg. wage
$46.6k
Population
38,711
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$57.5k±$4.3k
Business applications
406 · 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care28%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support7%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,711
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,581
International migration+176
Natural change−1,107

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.8B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$2.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.9k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$919/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
22.2%±1.9%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
205 (5.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
64.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 88Wildfire 86Winter weather 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
230
2016
244
2017
248
2018
259
2019
268
2020
313
2021
362
2022
395
2023
399
2024
418
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
66.8 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
6.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
384.1 km
Victoria, TX
Nearest commercial airport
95.7 km
ABILENE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Henry$2.0BGibson$2.0BMontgomery$2.0BGreene$2.0BGraham$2.0BTioga$2.0B
The read

Brown's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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