County profile
Beaufort County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1142 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,893
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,138
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,670
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$58.4k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±1.8%
Poverty rate
17.8%±1.8%
Business applications
592 · 2025
Retail establishments
198
44.3/10k 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
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
$2.0B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.4B2024
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
$45.8M
119 units · 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
2492016
2442017
2522018
2562019
2722020
3042021
3672022
4162023
4582024
4732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20212292021
2452022
2482023
2162024
1192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.0 km
I-587
Nearest freight rail
10.0 km
CLNA
Nearest port
12.9 km
BAYVIEW-AURORA FERRY TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
49.7 km
COASTAL CAROLINA RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Beaufort?
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.