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Walker

United States · GDP 2024
#944 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
GDP growth
+6.6%
Jobs tracked
13,537
Employers
1,113
Avg. wage
$51.2k
Population
83,842
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$4.0k
Business applications
816 · 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
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation21%
Health care20%
Manufacturing13%
Construction8%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,842
residents · 2025 · +9.5% since 2020
Income per capita $36.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,340
International migration+979
Natural change−112

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B
2019
$2.4B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$3.0B
2023
$3.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$226.9k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$60/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±2.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
533 (6.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
73.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Drought 88Lightning 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
203
2016
222
2017
230
2018
241
2019
252
2020
280
2021
317
2022
321
2023
339
2024
366
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-45
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
UP
Nearest port
99.5 km
Houston Port Authority, TX
Nearest commercial airport
77.5 km
EASTERWOOD FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Polk$3.1BBrown$3.2BSt. Clair$3.2BKandiyohi$3.1BLafayette$3.2BThomas$3.2B
The read

Walker's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 6.6% year over year — faster than most 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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