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Buchanan

United States · GDP 2024
#1573 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
GDP growth
-6.8%
Jobs tracked
4,687
Employers
343
Avg. wage
$62.0k
Population
18,492
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$42.9k±$3.7k
Business applications
129 · 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
Mining & energy47%
Retail trade18%
Health care15%
Manufacturing8%
Food & accommodation7%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,492
residents · 2025 · -8.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−781
International migration+48
Natural change−1,035

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B
2019
$950.7M
2020
$1.2B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.9k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$743/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
27.0%±3.8%
Affordability
1.5× wages
Residential permits
12 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
50.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Avalanche 74Wildfire 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2021
100
2013
100
2014
105
2015
97
2016
97
2017
109
2018
91
2019
96
2020
109
2021

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
NS
Nearest port
113.4 km
Amherst Industries, Chelyan Dock
Nearest commercial airport
94.1 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kossuth$1.4BHaralson$1.4BFloyd$1.4BWyandot$1.4BGrant$1.4BWeakley$1.4B
The read

Buchanan's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, contracting 6.8% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.

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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