County profile
Bertie County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2029 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$797.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,983
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
277
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,086
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$48.8k±$8.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.0%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.1%±4.2%
Business applications
220 · 2025
Retail establishments
44
25.6/10k 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
Manufacturing53%
Health care18%
Admin & support13%
Retail trade8%
Other services5%
Food & accommodation3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,086
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−91
International migration+143
Natural change−687
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$661.2M2019
$629.1M2020
$711.7M2021
$790.7M2022
$751.0M2023
$797.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$98.5k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$839/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
20.5%±3.3%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$11.8M
32 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 93Drought 80Winter weather 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
1282015
1402016
1382017
1372018
1382019
1452020
1632021
1892022
2202023
1892024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 129% since 2021142021
312022
282023
462024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
65.8 km
I-587
Nearest freight rail
21.2 km
NCVA
Nearest port
22.3 km
SANS SOUCI FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1500
Nearest commercial airport
60.3 km
PITT-GREENVILLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.2k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bertie?
Bertie's economy produced $797.9M in 2024, growing 6.3% 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.