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Carteret

United States · GDP 2024
#856 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
GDP growth
+7.1%
Jobs tracked
21,789
Employers
2,249
Avg. wage
$44.0k
Population
70,469
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$72.3k±$2.8k
Business applications
889 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Indocan Resources Inc.Healthcare———

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 trade28%
Food & accommodation27%
Health care22%
Construction11%
Other services7%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,469
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $74.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,090
International migration+300
Natural change−2,602

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$2.8B
2021
$3.1B
2022
$3.5B
2023
$3.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$333.3k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
38.7%±1.1%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
471 (6.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
93.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Winter weather 95Wildfire 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
296
2016
304
2017
320
2018
345
2019
364
2020
410
2021
498
2022
558
2023
564
2024
618
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Chambers$3.7BAuglaize$3.7BGeary$3.7BNacogdoches$3.7BCerro Gordo$3.7BBurke$3.7B
The read

Carteret's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster than most 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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