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GDP growth ≥ (per yr)
≥ 2%≥ 4%≥ 6%
Population change ≤
≤ 0%≤ -1%≤ -3%
Min. population
≥ 100k≥ 500k≥ 1M
Unemployment ≤ (BLS LAUS, latest)
≤ 3%≤ 5%≤ 8%
Business formation growth ≥ (Census BFS, ’20–’24)
≥ 0%≥ 5%≥ 10%
Affordability (income CAGR − FHFA HPI CAGR)
ImprovingStrongly improvingWorsening
Min. average wage (BLS QCEW)
≥ $50k≥ $75k≥ $100k
Min. per-capita income (BEA CAINC1)
≥ $40k≥ $60k≥ $80k
Max. distance to interstate (BTS NHS)
≤ 10 km≤ 25 km≤ 50 km
Max. distance to port (USACE)
≤ 50 km≤ 100 km≤ 250 km
Intl migration ≥ (per 1,000, ’20–’25)
≥ net inflow≥ +10≥ +25
FEMA risk score (0–100, current point)
≥ 50≥ 75≥ 90≤ 25≤ 50

Derived from public data — GDP CAGR, location quotient, wage & income, unemployment, formation growth, affordability, transport access, migration, and FEMA risk all computed live. Methodology

2,321 counties match
Sort:GDPGDP growthPopulationPop. growthWageIncomeConcentrationUnemploymentBusiness formationAffordabilityNearest interstateNearest portIntl migrationFEMA risk
CountyGDP ’24GDP CAGRPop ΔAvg wageIncomeLQUnemp.Afford. ΔInterstatePortIntl mig/1kFEMA
Apache, AZ$2.9B+3.3%-0.5%$53.7k$48.8k0.127.9%-5.9%22 km758 km+5.678.8Stephens, OK$2.9B+13.8%+0.8%$52.4k$55.2k0.495.0%-3.1%50 km270 km+4.965.9Des Moines, IA$2.9B+6.0%-0.5%$50.7k$64.3k2.633.3%-2.4%71 km12 km+7.855.8Bedford, TN$2.9B+9.8%+2.0%$50.4k$52.4k2.933.0%-3.1%22 km76 km+17.669.2Chatham, NC$2.9B+10.8%+2.3%$49.8k$91.6k1.993.1%-3.6%34 km159 km+15.667.2Clay, MN$2.9B+7.3%+0.7%$51.7k$55.5k0.803.9%-1.9%12 km299 km+7.973.7Duplin, NC$2.9B+9.5%+1.2%$46.1k$58.3k4.273.1%-2.4%8 km65 km+43.589.4Laurens, SC$2.9B+5.0%+1.0%$49.7k$46.0k4.374.0%-6.2%7 km233 km+6.376.2Matagorda, TX$2.9B+5.6%-0.1%$65.6k$55.8k1.615.6%-2.9%81 km4 km+20.880.3King George, VA$2.9B+7.9%+1.9%$90.4k$69.6k0.173.5%-4.0%28 km18 km+4.712.8Livingston, IL$2.9B+10.1%-0.4%$54.9k$59.4k2.923.7%-5.1%6 km45 km+3.771.8McKinley, NM$2.9B+3.3%-1.4%$44.3k$37.1k0.296.0%-2.4%18 km870 km+5.478.2Franklin, NC$2.9B+10.0%+3.7%$53.5k$52.1k3.603.3%-2.7%31 km115 km+10.651.7Uintah, UT$2.9B+14.3%+1.7%$53.8k$44.8k0.333.5%-3.2%110 km925 km+9.94.0Marion, IA$2.9B+5.9%+0.4%$64.3k$66.9k5.222.4%-2.2%39 km166 km+2.734.4Queen Anne's, MD$2.9B+10.9%+1.8%$54.5k$86.4k1.372.9%-1.2%42 km24 km+13.035.6St. Joseph, MI$2.9B+7.9%+0.0%$50.2k$51.7k4.675.0%-4.5%18 km81 km+5.758.6Steele, MN$2.9B+5.7%+0.0%$58.7k$61.0k2.714.4%-2.2%2 km81 km+8.037.2Douglas, MN$2.9B+8.1%+0.5%$56.0k$69.3k2.323.5%-2.3%6 km199 km+3.744.3Franklin, VT$2.9B+5.2%+0.5%$59.2k$60.6k2.202.4%-6.6%12 km39 km+2.129.2Creek, OK$2.9B+8.8%+0.7%$53.4k$53.3k2.574.6%-4.7%4 km68 km+1.283.2Douglas, WA$2.8B+9.4%+1.4%$49.9k$54.0k0.725.4%-1.6%70 km78 km+21.774.1Shelby, IN$2.8B+9.1%+0.3%$55.7k$58.1k2.922.9%-3.4%3 km93 km+9.643.4Santa Cruz, AZ$2.8B+7.8%+1.1%$57.0k$50.8k0.436.1%-2.7%15 km602 km+29.988.3Pontotoc, OK$2.8B+7.7%+0.2%$55.0k$60.2k1.033.9%-0.2%50 km166 km+3.962.9
Apache, AZ
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+3.3%
Pop Δ
-0.5%
Avg wage
$53.7k
Income / cap
$48.8k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.12
Unemployment
7.9%
Affordability Δ
-5.9%
Nearest interstate
22 km
Nearest port
758 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+5.6
FEMA risk
78.8
Stephens, OK
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+13.8%
Pop Δ
+0.8%
Avg wage
$52.4k
Income / cap
$55.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.49
Unemployment
5.0%
Affordability Δ
-3.1%
Nearest interstate
50 km
Nearest port
270 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+4.9
FEMA risk
65.9
Des Moines, IA
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+6.0%
Pop Δ
-0.5%
Avg wage
$50.7k
Income / cap
$64.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.63
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-2.4%
Nearest interstate
71 km
Nearest port
12 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.8
FEMA risk
55.8
Bedford, TN
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+9.8%
Pop Δ
+2.0%
Avg wage
$50.4k
Income / cap
$52.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.93
Unemployment
3.0%
Affordability Δ
-3.1%
Nearest interstate
22 km
Nearest port
76 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+17.6
FEMA risk
69.2
Chatham, NC
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+10.8%
Pop Δ
+2.3%
Avg wage
$49.8k
Income / cap
$91.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.99
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
-3.6%
Nearest interstate
34 km
Nearest port
159 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+15.6
FEMA risk
67.2
Clay, MN
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+7.3%
Pop Δ
+0.7%
Avg wage
$51.7k
Income / cap
$55.5k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.80
Unemployment
3.9%
Affordability Δ
-1.9%
Nearest interstate
12 km
Nearest port
299 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.9
FEMA risk
73.7
Duplin, NC
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+9.5%
Pop Δ
+1.2%
Avg wage
$46.1k
Income / cap
$58.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
4.27
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
-2.4%
Nearest interstate
8 km
Nearest port
65 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+43.5
FEMA risk
89.4
Laurens, SC
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.0%
Pop Δ
+1.0%
Avg wage
$49.7k
Income / cap
$46.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
4.37
Unemployment
4.0%
Affordability Δ
-6.2%
Nearest interstate
7 km
Nearest port
233 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+6.3
FEMA risk
76.2
Matagorda, TX
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.6%
Pop Δ
-0.1%
Avg wage
$65.6k
Income / cap
$55.8k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.61
Unemployment
5.6%
Affordability Δ
-2.9%
Nearest interstate
81 km
Nearest port
4 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+20.8
FEMA risk
80.3
King George, VA
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+7.9%
Pop Δ
+1.9%
Avg wage
$90.4k
Income / cap
$69.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.17
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-4.0%
Nearest interstate
28 km
Nearest port
18 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+4.7
FEMA risk
12.8
Livingston, IL
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+10.1%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$54.9k
Income / cap
$59.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.92
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
-5.1%
Nearest interstate
6 km
Nearest port
45 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.7
FEMA risk
71.8
McKinley, NM
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+3.3%
Pop Δ
-1.4%
Avg wage
$44.3k
Income / cap
$37.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.29
Unemployment
6.0%
Affordability Δ
-2.4%
Nearest interstate
18 km
Nearest port
870 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+5.4
FEMA risk
78.2
Franklin, NC
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+10.0%
Pop Δ
+3.7%
Avg wage
$53.5k
Income / cap
$52.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
3.60
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-2.7%
Nearest interstate
31 km
Nearest port
115 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+10.6
FEMA risk
51.7
Uintah, UT
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+14.3%
Pop Δ
+1.7%
Avg wage
$53.8k
Income / cap
$44.8k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.33
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-3.2%
Nearest interstate
110 km
Nearest port
925 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+9.9
FEMA risk
4.0
Marion, IA
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.9%
Pop Δ
+0.4%
Avg wage
$64.3k
Income / cap
$66.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
5.22
Unemployment
2.4%
Affordability Δ
-2.2%
Nearest interstate
39 km
Nearest port
166 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.7
FEMA risk
34.4
Queen Anne's, MD
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+10.9%
Pop Δ
+1.8%
Avg wage
$54.5k
Income / cap
$86.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.37
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-1.2%
Nearest interstate
42 km
Nearest port
24 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+13.0
FEMA risk
35.6
St. Joseph, MI
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+7.9%
Pop Δ
+0.0%
Avg wage
$50.2k
Income / cap
$51.7k
LQ · Manufacturing
4.67
Unemployment
5.0%
Affordability Δ
-4.5%
Nearest interstate
18 km
Nearest port
81 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+5.7
FEMA risk
58.6
Steele, MN
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.7%
Pop Δ
+0.0%
Avg wage
$58.7k
Income / cap
$61.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.71
Unemployment
4.4%
Affordability Δ
-2.2%
Nearest interstate
2 km
Nearest port
81 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+8.0
FEMA risk
37.2
Douglas, MN
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+8.1%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$56.0k
Income / cap
$69.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.32
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-2.3%
Nearest interstate
6 km
Nearest port
199 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.7
FEMA risk
44.3
Franklin, VT
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.2%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$59.2k
Income / cap
$60.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.20
Unemployment
2.4%
Affordability Δ
-6.6%
Nearest interstate
12 km
Nearest port
39 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.1
FEMA risk
29.2
Creek, OK
GDP ’24
$2.9B
GDP CAGR
+8.8%
Pop Δ
+0.7%
Avg wage
$53.4k
Income / cap
$53.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.57
Unemployment
4.6%
Affordability Δ
-4.7%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
68 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.2
FEMA risk
83.2
Douglas, WA
GDP ’24
$2.8B
GDP CAGR
+9.4%
Pop Δ
+1.4%
Avg wage
$49.9k
Income / cap
$54.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.72
Unemployment
5.4%
Affordability Δ
-1.6%
Nearest interstate
70 km
Nearest port
78 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+21.7
FEMA risk
74.1
Shelby, IN
GDP ’24
$2.8B
GDP CAGR
+9.1%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$55.7k
Income / cap
$58.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.92
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-3.4%
Nearest interstate
3 km
Nearest port
93 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+9.6
FEMA risk
43.4
Santa Cruz, AZ
GDP ’24
$2.8B
GDP CAGR
+7.8%
Pop Δ
+1.1%
Avg wage
$57.0k
Income / cap
$50.8k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.43
Unemployment
6.1%
Affordability Δ
-2.7%
Nearest interstate
15 km
Nearest port
602 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+29.9
FEMA risk
88.3
Pontotoc, OK
GDP ’24
$2.8B
GDP CAGR
+7.7%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$55.0k
Income / cap
$60.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.03
Unemployment
3.9%
Affordability Δ
-0.2%
Nearest interstate
50 km
Nearest port
166 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.9
FEMA risk
62.9
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GDP: BEA nominal, 2020–2024. Population & change: Census PEP Vintage 2025. Avg wage: BLS QCEW county annual pay 2023 (CBP payroll÷employment fallback). Income per capita: BEA CAINC1 2024. Location quotient: employment concentration vs. the national base — CBP 2-digit, or BLS QCEW for deep sectors (2023). Unemployment: BLS LAUS, most recent month. Business formation growth: Census BFS county applications, 2020→2024 CAGR (2022+ counts carry Census differential-privacy noise). Affordability: BEA CAINC1 per-capita income CAGR minus FHFA county HPI CAGR, 2020→2024 — positive means incomes are outpacing home prices. Interstate & port distance: county centroid to nearest BTS National Highway System segment / USACE port or dock, computed by Economic Atlas. Intl migration: net international migration per 1,000 residents — Census PEP Vintage 2025 components of change summed over the 2020→2025 window ÷ 2025 population × 1,000; a net census estimate (arrivals minus departures), not an official immigration statistic. FEMA risk: National Risk Index composite (0–100), a current point-in-time release — relative hazard exposure, not a trend. Suppressed cells show “—”, never zero.
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