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Columbia

United States · GDP 2024
#2410 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$498.1M
GDP growth
+0.5%
Jobs tracked
903
Employers
107
Avg. wage
$67.1k
Population
4,141
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$71.8k±$5.3k
Business applications
67 · 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
Health care37%
Arts & recreation19%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing12%
Food & accommodation9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,141
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+276
International migration+41
Natural change−127

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$361.8M
2019
$347.6M
2020
$417.2M
2021
$480.5M
2022
$495.6M
2023
$498.1M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.2k±$29.3k
Median gross rent
$985/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±6.1%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
5 (1.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
8.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 73Avalanche 69Landslide 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
276
2016
276
2017
293
2018
317
2019
333
2020
387
2021
477
2022
475
2023
484
2024
491
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
89.4 km
I-182
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
CWW
Nearest port
33.1 km
LITTLE GOOSE DAM (COFE)
Nearest commercial airport
36.8 km
WALLA WALLA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$67.1k
avg. annual pay · +49% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Richardson$499.3MStevens$496.7MHarney$495.8MAnderson$500.5MWilkes$500.6MLewis$495.4M
The read

Columbia's economy produced $498.1M in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% 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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