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Nicholas

United States · GDP 2024
#3014 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$130.6M
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
415
Employers
82
Avg. wage
$36.0k
Population
7,949
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$59.5k±$9.8k
Business applications
87 · 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
Health care23%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing20%
Other services15%
Construction13%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,949
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $44.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+415
International migration−1
Natural change−6

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$100.9M
2019
$95.3M
2020
$109.1M
2021
$111.5M
2022
$121.1M
2023
$130.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$123.0k±$16.3k
Median gross rent
$728/mo±$117/mo
Vacancy rate
16.7%±5.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
3 (0.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
19.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$866/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 55Strong wind 49Earthquake 39
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
126
2015
133
2016
137
2017
155
2018
163
2019
162
2020
173
2021
243
2022
270
2024
254
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$36.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Calhoun$131.1MPiute$131.2MOhio$129.7MSkagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area$131.9MSioux$128.8MWahkiakum$132.8M
The read

Nicholas's economy produced $130.6M in 2024, growing 7.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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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