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Forest

United States · GDP 2024
#2500 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$430.3M
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
1,532
Employers
227
Avg. wage
$45.0k
Population
9,574
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$3.2k
Business applications
96 · 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
Food & accommodation26%
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade24%
Health care12%
Construction7%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,574
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+561
International migration+17
Natural change−164

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$333.5M
2019
$328.4M
2020
$337.3M
2021
$375.2M
2022
$411.3M
2023
$430.3M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.0k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$594/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
54.0%±1.5%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
46 (4.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
47.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Hail 46Lightning 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
170
2016
155
2017
177
2018
194
2019
190
2020
206
2021
243
2022
269
2023
263
2024
335
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Cannon$430.6MGreene$430.9MRoger Mills$431.0MDeer Lodge$431.3MWeston$429.2MRockcastle$431.6M
The read

Forest's economy produced $430.3M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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