County profile
Webster County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#2795 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$254.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,712
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
167
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,167
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$9.3k
Bachelor's degree+
20.9%±3.5%
Poverty rate
16.4%±3.5%
Business applications
122 · 2025
Retail establishments
33
32.9/10k 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
Health care32%
Retail trade30%
Food & accommodation13%
Manufacturing11%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,167
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $48.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+565
International migration−4
Natural change−297
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$198.9M2019
$202.9M2020
$221.9M2021
$234.6M2022
$250.5M2023
$254.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$120.1k±$11.7k
Median gross rent
$632/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±4.2%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$737.9k
5 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 63Drought 61Hurricane 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1102016
1162017
1122018
1152019
1212020
1182021
1302022
1902023
1422024
1652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 202192021
102022
62023
62024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.3 km
I-55
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
CAGY
Nearest port
73.4 km
TOM SOYA GRAIN CO PORT OF CLAY
Nearest commercial airport
66.9 km
GOLDEN TRIANGLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.1k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Webster?
Webster's economy produced $254.6M in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of 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.