County profile
Brunswick County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#522 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
33,646
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,093
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
174,702
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$77.0k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
34.7%±1.2%
Poverty rate
9.2%±1.0%
Business applications
2,491 · 2025
Retail establishments
503
30.1/10k 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 trade27%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care19%
Construction12%
Manufacturing9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
174,702
residents · 2025 · +26.5% since 2020
Income per capita $64.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+39,856
International migration+521
Natural change−4,249
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.1B2019
$5.7B2020
$6.3B2021
$7.0B2022
$7.8B2023
$8.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$349.8k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
30.2%±1.1%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$1.3B
4,457 units · 25.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Wildfire 93Winter weather 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3892016
4112017
4412018
4762019
5032020
5812021
7282022
7982023
8442024
8702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20215,2492021
4,9292022
6,6632023
6,0932024
4,4572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.5 km
I-140
Nearest freight rail
17.5 km
USG
Nearest port
24.7 km
CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
38.1 km
WILMINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Brunswick?
Brunswick's economy produced $8.1B in 2024, growing 3.9% 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.