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Rowan

United States · GDP 2024
#1794 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
8,319
Employers
532
Avg. wage
$46.6k
Population
24,476
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$7.3k
Business applications
262 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 care31%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing15%
Transportation11%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
24,476
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $42.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−185
International migration+57
Natural change−119

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$796.5M
2019
$777.4M
2020
$832.6M
2021
$927.3M
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.8k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$825/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±2.3%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
8 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
47.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$911/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Lightning 77Winter weather 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
184
2016
187
2017
197
2018
189
2019
202
2020
220
2021
253
2022
273
2023
287
2024
322
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
44.3 km
TTIS
Nearest port
51.8 km
Dravo Lime Co., Maysville Division Coal Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
77.4 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Ashe$1.1BWilliamsburg$1.1BAdams$1.1BJackson$1.1BDodge$1.1BClark$1.1B
The read

Rowan's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 5.7% 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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