County profile
Chatham County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#997 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,432
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,719
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
85,111
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$94.3k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
48.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
11.0%±1.7%
Business applications
1,190 · 2025
Retail establishments
191
22.8/10k 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
Manufacturing24%
Health care24%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction11%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
85,111
residents · 2025 · +11.0% since 2020
Income per capita $91.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,844
International migration+1,328
Natural change−760
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$446.2k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
8.1%±1.3%
Affordability
9.0× wages
Residential permits
$269.2M
517 units · 6.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 83Tornado 76Ice storm 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2582017
2692018
2852019
2922020
3242021
4022022
4292023
4572024
4842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20211,1242021
8912022
9712023
4652024
5172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.0 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
13.6 km
NS
Nearest port
158.7 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
46.5 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Chatham?
Chatham's economy produced $2.9B 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.