County profile
Avery County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1940 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$890.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,509
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
539
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,110
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$61.4k±$7.4k
Bachelor's degree+
25.0%±3.2%
Poverty rate
10.2%±2.5%
Business applications
207 · 2025
Retail establishments
82
45.3/10k 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 trade23%
Food & accommodation21%
Arts & recreation21%
Health care17%
Construction11%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,110
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+402
International migration+281
Natural change−482
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$643.6M2019
$661.7M2020
$713.3M2021
$770.0M2022
$857.6M2023
$890.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$265.8k±$21.9k
Median gross rent
$773/mo±$106/mo
Vacancy rate
52.2%±2.5%
Affordability
6.3× wages
Residential permits
$114.7M
151 units · 8.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Lightning 73Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
1882017
2132018
2252019
2322020
2682021
3532022
4032023
4322024
4392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20212042021
2102022
1552023
952024
1512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.8 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
22.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
173.2 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
60.7 km
HICKORY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Avery?
Avery's economy produced $890.3M in 2024, growing 3.8% 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.