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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#1343 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+3.8%
Jobs tracked
9,640
Employers
859
Avg. wage
$50.2k
Population
53,434
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$62.3k±$3.9k
Business applications
679 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care22%
Manufacturing22%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction8%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
53,434
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,493
International migration+96
Natural change−1,706

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$184.8k±$17.4k
Median gross rent
$987/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
26.3%±2.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
661 (12.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
75.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 93Hurricane 90Strong wind 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
179
2016
184
2017
188
2018
191
2019
202
2020
225
2021
259
2022
260
2023
269
2024
267
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
64.6 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
UP
Nearest port
97.4 km
COOKS LAKE
Nearest commercial airport
102.4 km
GEORGE BUSH INTCNTL/HOUSTON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jefferson$1.9BWyoming$1.9BBladen$1.9BWashington$1.9BButte$1.9BOrleans$1.9B
The read

Polk's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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