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Wharton

United States · GDP 2024
#1051 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
GDP growth
+0.5%
Jobs tracked
11,159
Employers
997
Avg. wage
$49.5k
Population
42,060
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$66.9k±$3.9k
Business applications
469 · 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 trade30%
Manufacturing19%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade12%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,060
residents · 2025 · +1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+153
International migration+235
Natural change+96

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.7B
2023
$2.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$189.9k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
10.3%±2.0%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
116 (2.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
83.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Cold wave 93Drought 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
220
2016
225
2017
242
2018
251
2019
257
2020
276
2021
309
2022
333
2023
344
2024
359
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.8 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
49.9 km
PORT OF BAY CITY, TERMINAL WHARVES
Nearest commercial airport
76.2 km
TEXAS GULF COAST RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Culpeper$2.7BBurnet$2.7BCumberland$2.7BFranklin$2.7BAnderson$2.7BLaurens$2.7B
The read

Wharton's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% of 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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