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Wilkes

United States · GDP 2024
#2407 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$500.6M
GDP growth
+10.7%
Jobs tracked
2,244
Employers
190
Avg. wage
$48.2k
Population
9,540
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$52.0k±$3.2k
Business applications
125 · 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
Construction22%
Health care22%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,540
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $59.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+287
International migration+69
Natural change−380

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$326.2M
2019
$287.3M
2020
$354.5M
2021
$457.1M
2022
$452.2M
2023
$500.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.7k±$15.1k
Median gross rent
$786/mo±$133/mo
Vacancy rate
21.3%±4.3%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
37 (3.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
12.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 73Ice storm 71Drought 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
138
2016
127
2017
144
2018
138
2019
168
2020
169
2021
209
2022
206
2023
266
2024
258
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.9 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
GWRC
Nearest port
233.8 km
SMURFIT - STONE CONTAINER CORP PORT WENTWORTH MILL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
56.9 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Anderson$500.5MLincoln$501.0MJefferson$501.0MRichardson$499.3MColumbia$498.1MNewton$504.1M
The read

Wilkes's economy produced $500.6M in 2024, growing 10.7% year over year — faster than 92% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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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