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Brown

United States · GDP 2024
#219 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$25.7B
GDP growth
+6.3%
Jobs tracked
142,969
Employers
6,722
Avg. wage
$61.0k
Population
275,803
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$79.6k±$1.4k
Business applications
3,049 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Schneider National, Inc.Industrials$5.7B65B2Associated Banc-CorpFinancial Services$1.1B70B3Nicolet Bankshares, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing29%
Health care23%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation10%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
275,803
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $68.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+508
International migration+3,271
Natural change+3,093

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$19.6B
2019
$19.6B
2020
$20.5B
2021
$22.5B
2022
$24.2B
2023
$25.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$266.0k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±0.6%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
1,210 (4.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Hail 96Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
315
2016
333
2017
353
2018
370
2019
380
2020
422
2021
490
2022
555
2023
591
2024
630
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

11 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KNicolet Bankshares, Inc.05-18
10-QNicolet Bankshares, Inc.05-06
8-KAssociated Banc-Corp05-05
8-KSchneider National, Inc.05-01
10-QSchneider National, Inc.05-01
8-KSchneider National, Inc.04-30
8-KSchneider National, Inc.04-30
8-KAssociated Banc-Corp04-28
10-QAssociated Banc-Corp04-28
8-KAssociated Banc-Corp04-23
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.0k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Tulare$25.4BBell$26.1BBenton$26.1BClayton$26.3BGalveston$26.3BManatee$26.3B
The read

Brown's economy produced $25.7B in 2024, growing 6.3% 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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