County profile
Alleghany County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2516 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$420.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,163
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
257
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,479
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$47.2k±$4.9k
Bachelor's degree+
23.6%±3.7%
Poverty rate
16.0%±3.6%
Business applications
140 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
32.5/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care24%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction8%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,479
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+864
International migration+72
Natural change−349
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$318.3M2019
$319.6M2020
$349.8M2021
$385.7M2022
$396.5M2023
$420.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$214.8k±$19.1k
Median gross rent
$675/mo±$135/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±3.6%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$32.0M
82 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$978/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Drought 83Ice storm 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1662016
1802017
1772018
1842019
2032020
2182021
2662022
3142023
3342024
3542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021892021
682022
832023
912024
822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.7 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
26.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
183.3 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
86.8 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Alleghany?
Alleghany's economy produced $420.0M in 2024, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than most 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.