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Beaufort

United States · GDP 2024
#1142 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
GDP growth
+5.5%
Jobs tracked
13,893
Employers
1,138
Avg. wage
$47.0k
Population
44,670
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.2k
Business applications
592 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade22%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction12%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
44,670
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,086
International migration+101
Natural change−1,210

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.0B
2021
$2.1B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.7k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$871/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
21.0%±1.9%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
119 (2.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
88.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Winter weather 95Coastal flooding 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
249
2016
244
2017
252
2018
256
2019
272
2020
304
2021
367
2022
416
2023
458
2024
473
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wyoming$2.4BLyon$2.4BCortland$2.4BMarshall$2.4BPanola$2.4BShiawassee$2.4B
The read

Beaufort's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 5.5% 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.
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