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Catawba

United States · GDP 2024
#376 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.4B
GDP growth
+4.1%
Jobs tracked
85,704
Employers
4,349
Avg. wage
$54.4k
Population
170,172
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$67.9k±$2.8k
Business applications
2,064 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Fortran CorporationCommunication Services$1.6M60C2Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing36%
Health care18%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade10%
Transportation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
170,172
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $60.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,795
International migration+1,632
Natural change−2,245

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$9.3B
2019
$9.2B
2020
$10.2B
2021
$11.4B
2022
$11.9B
2023
$12.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.6k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$965/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
9.4%±1.0%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
1,944 (11.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
80.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 96Tornado 86Earthquake 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
274
2016
288
2017
305
2018
327
2019
341
2020
385
2021
464
2022
503
2023
545
2024
558
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
239.0 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
18.1 km
HICKORY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.05-08
10-QPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.05-07
8-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.04-20
DEF 14APeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.03-25
10-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.03-11
8-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.01-26
10-QPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.11-04
8-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.10-20
10-QPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.08-05
8-KPeoples Bancorp of North Carolina, Inc.07-21
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kenton$12.4BKent$12.4BCleveland$12.5BSchenectady$12.3BMartin$12.3BOnslow$12.5B
The read

Catawba's economy produced $12.4B in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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