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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

2,271 counties match
Sort:GDPGDP growthPopulationPop. growthWageIncomeConcentrationUnemploymentBusiness formationAffordabilityNearest interstateNearest portIntl migrationFEMA risk
CountyGDP ’24GDP CAGRPop ΔAvg wageIncomeLQUnemp.Afford. ΔInterstatePortIntl mig/1kFEMA
Jackson, IN$3.6B+8.6%+0.5%$55.0k$54.3k0.172.9%-2.7%17 km57 km+36.852.9Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK$3.6B+6.7%+1.0%$59.9k$67.4k0.464.3%-4.5%38 km37 km+2.493.0Lamar, TX$3.6B+8.3%+0.6%$52.7k$53.6k0.174.6%-5.7%58 km185 km+4.479.5Colbert, AL$3.6B+7.8%+0.8%$56.6k$48.8k0.113.5%-5.3%63 km3 km+8.180.7Box Elder, UT$3.6B+10.0%+2.5%$58.2k$52.1k0.383.4%-1.3%56 km629 km+7.255.9Hood, TX$3.6B+11.2%+2.8%$49.6k$69.1k0.284.3%-3.2%32 km368 km+7.870.5Belmont, OH$3.5B+5.8%-0.6%$47.7k$55.0k0.343.2%-0.7%5 km21 km+0.675.2Allegany, MD$3.5B+3.6%-0.4%$49.0k$52.7k0.234.9%-3.7%6 km106 km+1.858.5Surry, NC$3.5B+8.1%+0.2%$47.4k$54.3k0.153.2%-4.1%6 km199 km+11.173.6Roane, TN$3.5B+7.2%+1.4%$80.5k$56.4k0.163.1%-6.6%4 km5 km+0.369.0Kendall, TX$3.5B+12.0%+3.9%$61.1k$114.4k0.673.6%-3.6%11 km211 km+10.065.5Otsego, NY$3.5B+5.7%+0.9%$57.9k$56.4k1.664.1%-5.1%17 km102 km+6.375.8Coles, IL$3.5B+8.5%-0.3%$50.4k$57.9k0.093.7%-3.0%8 km168 km+9.470.4Genesee, NY$3.5B+8.5%+0.1%$54.7k$55.9k0.203.4%-4.5%2 km53 km+13.256.1Scioto, OH$3.5B+8.0%-0.7%$48.5k$51.5k0.353.8%-2.9%50 km8 km+2.970.2DeKalb, IN$3.4B+8.4%+0.6%$62.2k$59.7k0.082.9%-3.6%5 km124 km+2.841.3Cooke, TX$3.4B+13.5%+1.5%$59.3k$64.9k0.033.3%-4.9%5 km273 km+7.273.3Reno, KS$3.4B+5.9%-0.2%$47.9k$53.2k0.313.9%-3.7%58 km281 km+3.180.2Carroll, NH$3.4B+8.3%+1.1%$49.7k$85.4k0.682.3%-3.1%36 km78 km+1.471.0Bryan, GA$3.4B+31.2%+3.2%$48.2k$64.2k0.092.6%-7.1%12 km31 km+9.166.6Greene, TN$3.4B+7.8%+1.1%$47.6k$48.2k0.603.9%-6.3%13 km93 km+1.856.3Darke, OH$3.4B+12.3%-0.2%$48.6k$59.9k0.632.9%-4.1%33 km110 km+1.152.7Gordon, GA$3.4B+10.2%+1.4%$54.7k$49.0k0.512.8%-4.3%4 km71 km+9.367.2Whitman, WA$3.4B+5.3%+0.0%$60.9k$51.1k0.263.7%-2.0%57 km22 km+29.839.8Pettis, MO$3.3B+12.2%+0.5%$46.0k$48.9k0.233.7%-5.2%27 km55 km+16.262.0
Jackson, IN
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+8.6%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$55.0k
Income / cap
$54.3k
LQ · Education
0.17
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-2.7%
Nearest interstate
17 km
Nearest port
57 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+36.8
FEMA risk
52.9
Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+6.7%
Pop Δ
+1.0%
Avg wage
$59.9k
Income / cap
$67.4k
LQ · Education
0.46
Unemployment
4.3%
Affordability Δ
-4.5%
Nearest interstate
38 km
Nearest port
37 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.4
FEMA risk
93.0
Lamar, TX
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+8.3%
Pop Δ
+0.6%
Avg wage
$52.7k
Income / cap
$53.6k
LQ · Education
0.17
Unemployment
4.6%
Affordability Δ
-5.7%
Nearest interstate
58 km
Nearest port
185 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+4.4
FEMA risk
79.5
Colbert, AL
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+7.8%
Pop Δ
+0.8%
Avg wage
$56.6k
Income / cap
$48.8k
LQ · Education
0.11
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-5.3%
Nearest interstate
63 km
Nearest port
3 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+8.1
FEMA risk
80.7
Box Elder, UT
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+10.0%
Pop Δ
+2.5%
Avg wage
$58.2k
Income / cap
$52.1k
LQ · Education
0.38
Unemployment
3.4%
Affordability Δ
-1.3%
Nearest interstate
56 km
Nearest port
629 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.2
FEMA risk
55.9
Hood, TX
GDP ’24
$3.6B
GDP CAGR
+11.2%
Pop Δ
+2.8%
Avg wage
$49.6k
Income / cap
$69.1k
LQ · Education
0.28
Unemployment
4.3%
Affordability Δ
-3.2%
Nearest interstate
32 km
Nearest port
368 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.8
FEMA risk
70.5
Belmont, OH
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+5.8%
Pop Δ
-0.6%
Avg wage
$47.7k
Income / cap
$55.0k
LQ · Education
0.34
Unemployment
3.2%
Affordability Δ
-0.7%
Nearest interstate
5 km
Nearest port
21 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.6
FEMA risk
75.2
Allegany, MD
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+3.6%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$49.0k
Income / cap
$52.7k
LQ · Education
0.23
Unemployment
4.9%
Affordability Δ
-3.7%
Nearest interstate
6 km
Nearest port
106 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.8
FEMA risk
58.5
Surry, NC
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+8.1%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$47.4k
Income / cap
$54.3k
LQ · Education
0.15
Unemployment
3.2%
Affordability Δ
-4.1%
Nearest interstate
6 km
Nearest port
199 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+11.1
FEMA risk
73.6
Roane, TN
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+7.2%
Pop Δ
+1.4%
Avg wage
$80.5k
Income / cap
$56.4k
LQ · Education
0.16
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
-6.6%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
5 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.3
FEMA risk
69.0
Kendall, TX
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+12.0%
Pop Δ
+3.9%
Avg wage
$61.1k
Income / cap
$114.4k
LQ · Education
0.67
Unemployment
3.6%
Affordability Δ
-3.6%
Nearest interstate
11 km
Nearest port
211 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+10.0
FEMA risk
65.5
Otsego, NY
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+5.7%
Pop Δ
+0.9%
Avg wage
$57.9k
Income / cap
$56.4k
LQ · Education
1.66
Unemployment
4.1%
Affordability Δ
-5.1%
Nearest interstate
17 km
Nearest port
102 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+6.3
FEMA risk
75.8
Coles, IL
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+8.5%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$50.4k
Income / cap
$57.9k
LQ · Education
0.09
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
-3.0%
Nearest interstate
8 km
Nearest port
168 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+9.4
FEMA risk
70.4
Genesee, NY
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+8.5%
Pop Δ
+0.1%
Avg wage
$54.7k
Income / cap
$55.9k
LQ · Education
0.20
Unemployment
3.4%
Affordability Δ
-4.5%
Nearest interstate
2 km
Nearest port
53 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+13.2
FEMA risk
56.1
Scioto, OH
GDP ’24
$3.5B
GDP CAGR
+8.0%
Pop Δ
-0.7%
Avg wage
$48.5k
Income / cap
$51.5k
LQ · Education
0.35
Unemployment
3.8%
Affordability Δ
-2.9%
Nearest interstate
50 km
Nearest port
8 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.9
FEMA risk
70.2
DeKalb, IN
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+8.4%
Pop Δ
+0.6%
Avg wage
$62.2k
Income / cap
$59.7k
LQ · Education
0.08
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-3.6%
Nearest interstate
5 km
Nearest port
124 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.8
FEMA risk
41.3
Cooke, TX
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+13.5%
Pop Δ
+1.5%
Avg wage
$59.3k
Income / cap
$64.9k
LQ · Education
0.03
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-4.9%
Nearest interstate
5 km
Nearest port
273 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.2
FEMA risk
73.3
Reno, KS
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+5.9%
Pop Δ
-0.2%
Avg wage
$47.9k
Income / cap
$53.2k
LQ · Education
0.31
Unemployment
3.9%
Affordability Δ
-3.7%
Nearest interstate
58 km
Nearest port
281 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.1
FEMA risk
80.2
Carroll, NH
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+8.3%
Pop Δ
+1.1%
Avg wage
$49.7k
Income / cap
$85.4k
LQ · Education
0.68
Unemployment
2.3%
Affordability Δ
-3.1%
Nearest interstate
36 km
Nearest port
78 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.4
FEMA risk
71.0
Bryan, GA
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+31.2%
Pop Δ
+3.2%
Avg wage
$48.2k
Income / cap
$64.2k
LQ · Education
0.09
Unemployment
2.6%
Affordability Δ
-7.1%
Nearest interstate
12 km
Nearest port
31 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+9.1
FEMA risk
66.6
Greene, TN
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+7.8%
Pop Δ
+1.1%
Avg wage
$47.6k
Income / cap
$48.2k
LQ · Education
0.60
Unemployment
3.9%
Affordability Δ
-6.3%
Nearest interstate
13 km
Nearest port
93 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.8
FEMA risk
56.3
Darke, OH
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+12.3%
Pop Δ
-0.2%
Avg wage
$48.6k
Income / cap
$59.9k
LQ · Education
0.63
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-4.1%
Nearest interstate
33 km
Nearest port
110 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.1
FEMA risk
52.7
Gordon, GA
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+10.2%
Pop Δ
+1.4%
Avg wage
$54.7k
Income / cap
$49.0k
LQ · Education
0.51
Unemployment
2.8%
Affordability Δ
-4.3%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
71 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+9.3
FEMA risk
67.2
Whitman, WA
GDP ’24
$3.4B
GDP CAGR
+5.3%
Pop Δ
+0.0%
Avg wage
$60.9k
Income / cap
$51.1k
LQ · Education
0.26
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
-2.0%
Nearest interstate
57 km
Nearest port
22 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+29.8
FEMA risk
39.8
Pettis, MO
GDP ’24
$3.3B
GDP CAGR
+12.2%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$46.0k
Income / cap
$48.9k
LQ · Education
0.23
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
-5.2%
Nearest interstate
27 km
Nearest port
55 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+16.2
FEMA risk
62.0
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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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