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Cabarrus

United States · GDP 2024
#359 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.0B
GDP growth
+9.8%
Jobs tracked
77,218
Employers
5,279
Avg. wage
$52.5k
Population
249,725
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$89.0k±$3.5k
Business applications
4,244 · 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
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care20%
Transportation14%
Construction11%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
249,725
residents · 2025 · +9.9% since 2020
Income per capita $61.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+14,571
International migration+4,186
Natural change+3,738

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$8.4B
2019
$8.5B
2020
$9.5B
2021
$10.5B
2022
$11.8B
2023
$13.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$354.8k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±1.0%
Affordability
6.8× wages
Residential permits
1,991 (8.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
87.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Tornado 89Lightning 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
423
2016
454
2017
490
2018
527
2019
552
2020
636
2021
791
2022
850
2023
878
2024
897
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Imperial$12.9BButte$12.9BBeaufort$12.9BLea$12.9BOrange$13.1BHarrison$12.8B
The read

Cabarrus's economy produced $13.0B in 2024, growing 9.8% year over year — faster than 90% of 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.
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