Places/NC/Chowan County, NC
County profile

Chowan County, NC

United States · GDP 2024
#2116 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$723.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,343
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
372
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,082
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$53.9k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.0%±4.0%
Poverty rate
19.1%±3.5%
Business applications
183 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
38.5/10k pop

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
Manufacturing29%
Health care27%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
14,082
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $57.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+705
International migration+94
Natural change422

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$587.0M
2019
$516.5M
2020
$584.2M
2021
$657.4M
2022
$721.1M
2023
$723.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$235.8k±$18.4k
Median gross rent
$681/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±3.7%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$16.4M
48 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 90Winter weather 65Heat wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
182
2016
186
2017
194
2018
197
2019
210
2020
231
2021
284
2022
300
2023
309
2024
340
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
30% since 2021
37
2021
39
2022
45
2023
48
2024
48
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.5 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
CA
Nearest port
16.1 km
MI TEK INDUSTRIES, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
90.4 km
PITT-GREENVILLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$47.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Chowan?

Chowan's economy produced $723.0M in 2024, growing 0.3% year over yearslower than 79% of 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.