County profile
Bladen County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1346 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,734
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
540
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,007
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$42.4k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±2.5%
Poverty rate
22.0%±3.2%
Business applications
398 · 2025
Retail establishments
98
32.7/10k 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
Manufacturing54%
Transportation14%
Retail trade9%
Health care8%
Food & accommodation7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,007
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $54.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+750
International migration+207
Natural change−587
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$135.1k±$19.0k
Median gross rent
$773/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±2.4%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$22.5M
97 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 97Hurricane 96Wildfire 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1542017
1532018
1562019
1652020
1782021
2012022
2182023
2402024
2652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 223% since 2021302021
542022
732023
1592024
972025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
40.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
16.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
23.7 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
50.9 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bladen?
Bladen's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of 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.