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Putnam

United States · GDP 2024
#833 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
GDP growth
+8.7%
Jobs tracked
19,036
Employers
1,248
Avg. wage
$61.0k
Population
56,885
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$79.5k±$6.1k
Business applications
511 · 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
Manufacturing23%
Construction19%
Health care19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
56,885
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+322
International migration+134
Natural change−1,013

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B
2019
$3.0B
2020
$3.1B
2021
$3.3B
2022
$3.5B
2023
$3.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$223.3k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$952/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.3%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
118 (2.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
74.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Heat wave 84Ice storm 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
209
2016
211
2017
214
2018
217
2019
224
2020
240
2021
264
2022
292
2023
306
2024
321
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.0 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
KNWA
Nearest port
5.9 km
KANAWHA MANUFACTURING CO., BUFFALO PLANT ELEANOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
31.3 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.0k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Grays Harbor$3.8BCulberson$3.8BButler$3.8BHighlands$3.8BClallam$3.8BCarter$3.8B
The read

Putnam's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 8.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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