County profile
Pearl River County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#1500 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,948
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
894
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
59,363
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$58.1k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±1.8%
Poverty rate
16.5%±2.0%
Business applications
962 · 2025
Retail establishments
179
30.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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 trade33%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing10%
Construction7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
59,363
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,642
International migration+437
Natural change−972
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.3k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$906/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
14.0%±1.8%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$38.4M
383 units · 6.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$949/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 96Wildfire 90Heat wave 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1992016
1992017
2062018
2142019
2222020
2462021
2732022
2982023
3142024
3162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 42% since 20212702021
4202022
3062023
3302024
3832025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.9 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
46.2 km
STENNIS SPACE CENTER NASA TEST STANDS
Nearest commercial airport
46.4 km
STENNIS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pearl River?
Pearl River's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.