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County profile

Charlotte

United States · GDP 2024
#451 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.8B
GDP growth
+8.0%
Jobs tracked
44,163
Employers
4,601
Avg. wage
$52.4k
Population
217,212
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$70.0k±$1.7k
Business applications
3,737 · 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
Retail trade30%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation18%
Construction13%
Admin & support8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
217,212
residents · 2025 · +15.5% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+37,081
International migration+3,071
Natural change−10,904

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B
2019
$6.5B
2020
$7.1B
2021
$7.8B
2022
$9.0B
2023
$9.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$328.9k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
23.7%±1.0%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
3,015 (13.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Lightning 98Wildfire 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
345
2016
376
2017
400
2018
421
2019
436
2020
523
2021
682
2022
722
2023
689
2024
638
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Washington$9.8BDeSoto$9.8BBerrien$9.7BTrumbull$9.7BFrederick + Winchester$9.9BTaylor$9.9B
The read

Charlotte's economy produced $9.8B in 2024, growing 8.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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