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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

910 counties match
Sort:GDPGDP growthPopulationPop. growthWageIncomeConcentrationUnemploymentBusiness formationAffordabilityNearest interstateNearest portIntl migrationFEMA risk
CountyGDP ’24GDP CAGRPop ΔAvg wageIncomeLQUnemp.Afford. ΔInterstatePortIntl mig/1kFEMA
Virginia Beach (Independent City), VA$32.9B+8.6%-0.3%$55.0k$76.3k0.793.3%-1.5%12 km5 km+12.657.9Anchorage Municipality, AK$32.1B+7.5%-0.3%$71.2k$84.4k0.363.5%-0.6%23 km4 km+19.797.4Stanislaus, CA$32.1B+7.5%+0.2%$60.7k$56.7k0.396.4%-1.0%19 km52 km+16.296.9Jefferson, LA$31.8B+7.3%-0.4%$62.0k$65.7k0.864.1%+1.3%17 km4 km+59.298.7Lehigh, PA$31.7B+6.8%+0.6%$68.0k$66.9k1.014.5%-5.9%1 km79 km+32.793.9Ocean, NJ$31.7B+7.2%+1.2%$55.8k$64.1k1.954.1%-7.6%30 km15 km+10.196.2Hamilton, IN$31.6B+10.3%+2.1%$67.6k$104.3k0.532.7%-2.3%13 km150 km+23.988.8Hidalgo, TX$31.4B+7.7%+1.2%$41.7k$35.3k1.326.1%-6.0%4 km62 km+13.099.0Douglas, CO$31.2B+9.3%+2.2%$80.5k$107.2k0.953.3%+1.2%4 km787 km+11.788.7Orleans, LA$30.8B+7.3%-1.3%$65.1k$71.5k4.654.8%+5.4%0 km5 km+23.698.3Hampden, MA$30.6B+6.1%-0.0%$60.3k$66.2k1.744.9%-4.4%0 km43 km+19.892.8Butler, OH$29.8B+7.4%+0.4%$60.8k$60.0k0.332.9%-5.5%16 km34 km+26.691.5Volusia, FL$29.5B+9.6%+2.0%$52.0k$59.3k1.645.1%-1.6%1 km74 km+13.496.2Weld, CO*$29.5B+13.3%+2.9%$65.7k$63.7k0.414.0%+0.0%41 km699 km+12.989.2Allen, IN$29.1B+7.9%+0.8%$57.5k$62.7k0.623.0%-4.2%6 km141 km+15.690.8Passaic, NJ$29.1B+7.6%+0.4%$62.4k$62.4k0.794.7%-5.8%2 km32 km+61.695.8Dauphin, PA$28.9B+5.9%+0.5%$66.2k$62.4k1.254.0%-5.6%8 km21 km+22.391.1Fayette, KY$28.9B+8.1%+0.3%$62.6k$69.1k0.504.0%-3.5%3 km22 km+42.792.0Lancaster, NE$28.8B+8.4%+0.6%$57.1k$68.3k1.062.6%-1.3%4 km72 km+22.090.7Chatham, GA$28.5B+8.9%+1.2%$59.1k$63.0k0.892.7%-6.0%3 km8 km+28.197.4York, PA$28.4B+6.7%+0.7%$59.8k$62.9k0.593.7%-4.9%2 km59 km+10.190.4Nueces, TX$27.9B+10.5%-0.0%$57.3k$58.1k0.344.3%-0.4%8 km16 km+10.796.6Orange, NY$27.7B+7.0%+0.9%$60.9k$63.2k0.944.0%-5.7%7 km26 km+23.990.6Rutherford, TN$27.6B+10.2%+2.6%$60.4k$58.3k0.302.6%-2.0%1 km46 km+29.791.7Jefferson, TX$27.1B+12.9%-0.2%$66.4k$53.1k0.365.8%-1.0%11 km13 km+18.995.7
Virginia Beach (Independent City), VA
GDP ’24
$32.9B
GDP CAGR
+8.6%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$55.0k
Income / cap
$76.3k
LQ · Education
0.79
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-1.5%
Nearest interstate
12 km
Nearest port
5 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+12.6
FEMA risk
57.9
Anchorage Municipality, AK
GDP ’24
$32.1B
GDP CAGR
+7.5%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$71.2k
Income / cap
$84.4k
LQ · Education
0.36
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-0.6%
Nearest interstate
23 km
Nearest port
4 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+19.7
FEMA risk
97.4
Stanislaus, CA
GDP ’24
$32.1B
GDP CAGR
+7.5%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$60.7k
Income / cap
$56.7k
LQ · Education
0.39
Unemployment
6.4%
Affordability Δ
-1.0%
Nearest interstate
19 km
Nearest port
52 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+16.2
FEMA risk
96.9
Jefferson, LA
GDP ’24
$31.8B
GDP CAGR
+7.3%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$62.0k
Income / cap
$65.7k
LQ · Education
0.86
Unemployment
4.1%
Affordability Δ
+1.3%
Nearest interstate
17 km
Nearest port
4 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+59.2
FEMA risk
98.7
Lehigh, PA
GDP ’24
$31.7B
GDP CAGR
+6.8%
Pop Δ
+0.6%
Avg wage
$68.0k
Income / cap
$66.9k
LQ · Education
1.01
Unemployment
4.5%
Affordability Δ
-5.9%
Nearest interstate
1 km
Nearest port
79 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+32.7
FEMA risk
93.9
Ocean, NJ
GDP ’24
$31.7B
GDP CAGR
+7.2%
Pop Δ
+1.2%
Avg wage
$55.8k
Income / cap
$64.1k
LQ · Education
1.95
Unemployment
4.1%
Affordability Δ
-7.6%
Nearest interstate
30 km
Nearest port
15 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+10.1
FEMA risk
96.2
Hamilton, IN
GDP ’24
$31.6B
GDP CAGR
+10.3%
Pop Δ
+2.1%
Avg wage
$67.6k
Income / cap
$104.3k
LQ · Education
0.53
Unemployment
2.7%
Affordability Δ
-2.3%
Nearest interstate
13 km
Nearest port
150 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+23.9
FEMA risk
88.8
Hidalgo, TX
GDP ’24
$31.4B
GDP CAGR
+7.7%
Pop Δ
+1.2%
Avg wage
$41.7k
Income / cap
$35.3k
LQ · Education
1.32
Unemployment
6.1%
Affordability Δ
-6.0%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
62 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+13.0
FEMA risk
99.0
Douglas, CO
GDP ’24
$31.2B
GDP CAGR
+9.3%
Pop Δ
+2.2%
Avg wage
$80.5k
Income / cap
$107.2k
LQ · Education
0.95
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
+1.2%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
787 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+11.7
FEMA risk
88.7
Orleans, LA
GDP ’24
$30.8B
GDP CAGR
+7.3%
Pop Δ
-1.3%
Avg wage
$65.1k
Income / cap
$71.5k
LQ · Education
4.65
Unemployment
4.8%
Affordability Δ
+5.4%
Nearest interstate
0 km
Nearest port
5 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+23.6
FEMA risk
98.3
Hampden, MA
GDP ’24
$30.6B
GDP CAGR
+6.1%
Pop Δ
-0.0%
Avg wage
$60.3k
Income / cap
$66.2k
LQ · Education
1.74
Unemployment
4.9%
Affordability Δ
-4.4%
Nearest interstate
0 km
Nearest port
43 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+19.8
FEMA risk
92.8
Butler, OH
GDP ’24
$29.8B
GDP CAGR
+7.4%
Pop Δ
+0.4%
Avg wage
$60.8k
Income / cap
$60.0k
LQ · Education
0.33
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-5.5%
Nearest interstate
16 km
Nearest port
34 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+26.6
FEMA risk
91.5
Volusia, FL
GDP ’24
$29.5B
GDP CAGR
+9.6%
Pop Δ
+2.0%
Avg wage
$52.0k
Income / cap
$59.3k
LQ · Education
1.64
Unemployment
5.1%
Affordability Δ
-1.6%
Nearest interstate
1 km
Nearest port
74 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+13.4
FEMA risk
96.2
Weld, CO*
GDP ’24
$29.5B
GDP CAGR
+13.3%
Pop Δ
+2.9%
Avg wage
$65.7k
Income / cap
$63.7k
LQ · Education
0.41
Unemployment
4.0%
Affordability Δ
+0.0%
Nearest interstate
41 km
Nearest port
699 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+12.9
FEMA risk
89.2
Allen, IN
GDP ’24
$29.1B
GDP CAGR
+7.9%
Pop Δ
+0.8%
Avg wage
$57.5k
Income / cap
$62.7k
LQ · Education
0.62
Unemployment
3.0%
Affordability Δ
-4.2%
Nearest interstate
6 km
Nearest port
141 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+15.6
FEMA risk
90.8
Passaic, NJ
GDP ’24
$29.1B
GDP CAGR
+7.6%
Pop Δ
+0.4%
Avg wage
$62.4k
Income / cap
$62.4k
LQ · Education
0.79
Unemployment
4.7%
Affordability Δ
-5.8%
Nearest interstate
2 km
Nearest port
32 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+61.6
FEMA risk
95.8
Dauphin, PA
GDP ’24
$28.9B
GDP CAGR
+5.9%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$66.2k
Income / cap
$62.4k
LQ · Education
1.25
Unemployment
4.0%
Affordability Δ
-5.6%
Nearest interstate
8 km
Nearest port
21 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+22.3
FEMA risk
91.1
Fayette, KY
GDP ’24
$28.9B
GDP CAGR
+8.1%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$62.6k
Income / cap
$69.1k
LQ · Education
0.50
Unemployment
4.0%
Affordability Δ
-3.5%
Nearest interstate
3 km
Nearest port
22 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+42.7
FEMA risk
92.0
Lancaster, NE
GDP ’24
$28.8B
GDP CAGR
+8.4%
Pop Δ
+0.6%
Avg wage
$57.1k
Income / cap
$68.3k
LQ · Education
1.06
Unemployment
2.6%
Affordability Δ
-1.3%
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
72 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+22.0
FEMA risk
90.7
Chatham, GA
GDP ’24
$28.5B
GDP CAGR
+8.9%
Pop Δ
+1.2%
Avg wage
$59.1k
Income / cap
$63.0k
LQ · Education
0.89
Unemployment
2.7%
Affordability Δ
-6.0%
Nearest interstate
3 km
Nearest port
8 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+28.1
FEMA risk
97.4
York, PA
GDP ’24
$28.4B
GDP CAGR
+6.7%
Pop Δ
+0.7%
Avg wage
$59.8k
Income / cap
$62.9k
LQ · Education
0.59
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
-4.9%
Nearest interstate
2 km
Nearest port
59 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+10.1
FEMA risk
90.4
Nueces, TX
GDP ’24
$27.9B
GDP CAGR
+10.5%
Pop Δ
-0.0%
Avg wage
$57.3k
Income / cap
$58.1k
LQ · Education
0.34
Unemployment
4.3%
Affordability Δ
-0.4%
Nearest interstate
8 km
Nearest port
16 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+10.7
FEMA risk
96.6
Orange, NY
GDP ’24
$27.7B
GDP CAGR
+7.0%
Pop Δ
+0.9%
Avg wage
$60.9k
Income / cap
$63.2k
LQ · Education
0.94
Unemployment
4.0%
Affordability Δ
-5.7%
Nearest interstate
7 km
Nearest port
26 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+23.9
FEMA risk
90.6
Rutherford, TN
GDP ’24
$27.6B
GDP CAGR
+10.2%
Pop Δ
+2.6%
Avg wage
$60.4k
Income / cap
$58.3k
LQ · Education
0.30
Unemployment
2.6%
Affordability Δ
-2.0%
Nearest interstate
1 km
Nearest port
46 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+29.7
FEMA risk
91.7
Jefferson, TX
GDP ’24
$27.1B
GDP CAGR
+12.9%
Pop Δ
-0.2%
Avg wage
$66.4k
Income / cap
$53.1k
LQ · Education
0.36
Unemployment
5.8%
Affordability Δ
-1.0%
Nearest interstate
11 km
Nearest port
13 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+18.9
FEMA risk
95.7
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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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