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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#1206 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+2.9%
Jobs tracked
14,018
Employers
1,163
Avg. wage
$46.5k
Population
45,803
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$77.2k±$2.4k
Business applications
487 · 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
Manufacturing39%
Health care23%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation10%
Admin & support5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,803
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,483
International migration+33
Natural change−719

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.8B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.9k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$957/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±1.0%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
243 (5.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
63.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Strong wind 89Hail 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
282
2016
305
2017
327
2018
343
2019
353
2020
403
2021
474
2022
515
2023
541
2024
559
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
17.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
75.1 km
HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES, TERMINAL NO. 2 WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
88.9 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Scurry$2.2BWilliams$2.2BJackson$2.2BAppling$2.2BChattahoochee$2.2BLimestone$2.2B
The read

Polk's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 64% of 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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