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Jim Wells

United States · GDP 2024
#1350 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
-0.7%
Jobs tracked
12,790
Employers
783
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
38,804
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$6.8k
Business applications
405 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Forbes Energy Services Ltd.Energy$188.4M——

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 care52%
Retail trade15%
Mining & energy14%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction4%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,804
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−268
International migration+164
Natural change+15

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.6k±$22.8k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$94/mo
Vacancy rate
18.2%±2.5%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
3 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
86.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Hurricane 94Hail 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
188
2016
181
2017
203
2018
214
2019
218
2020
241
2021
272
2022
289
2023
280
2024
312
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.07-07
10-QForbes Energy Services Ltd.06-29
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.06-08
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.05-21
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.05-14
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.05-12
10-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.03-23
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.02-26
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.02-05
8-KForbes Energy Services Ltd.12-23
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · -3% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hardin$1.9BDuchesne$1.9BLincoln$1.9BLawrence$1.8BWashington$1.9BBladen$1.9B
The read

Jim Wells's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% of 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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