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Braxton

United States · GDP 2024
#2521 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$417.2M
GDP growth
+5.1%
Jobs tracked
2,754
Employers
232
Avg. wage
$43.2k
Population
11,885
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$6.0k
Business applications
112 · 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 care35%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing12%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,885
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−25
International migration+2
Natural change−488

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$339.6M
2019
$345.2M
2020
$344.5M
2021
$374.3M
2022
$396.9M
2023
$417.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.9k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$606/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
23.3%±4.2%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
11 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
36.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Avalanche 62Hurricane 46
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Garfield$417.2MDeKalb$417.4MOsage$417.5MIron$419.5MTelfair$414.9MCarroll$419.8M
The read

Braxton's economy produced $417.2M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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