County profile
Alexander County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1695 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,199
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
598
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,958
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
16.7%±2.5%
Poverty rate
12.6%±2.5%
Business applications
403 · 2025
Retail establishments
78
21.2/10k 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
Manufacturing57%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation10%
Health care8%
Other services7%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,958
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,329
International migration+120
Natural change−920
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$854.4M2019
$864.1M2020
$956.7M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.8k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$764/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±2.2%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$17.7M
103 units · 2.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 88Hurricane 68Earthquake 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1632016
1712017
1802018
1872019
1972020
2232021
2692022
2932023
3112024
3342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211342021
1152022
1092023
1132024
1032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.0 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
ARC
Nearest port
239.9 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
27.9 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Alexander?
Alexander's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.