County profile
Cumberland County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#223 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$24.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
98,142
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,947
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
338,473
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$990
Bachelor's degree+
27.8%±0.8%
Poverty rate
16.7%±0.8%
Business applications
5,761 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,073
31.8/10k 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
Health care29%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing10%
Professional services7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
338,473
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $52.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−14,761
International migration+6,437
Natural change+9,443
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$18.3B2019
$18.7B2020
$20.4B2021
$21.7B2022
$23.1B2023
$24.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.2k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$15/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±0.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$281.3M
1,547 units · 4.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Heat wave 94Hurricane 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2232017
2302018
2382019
2512020
2832021
3382022
3832023
4032024
4192025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 82% since 20218522021
1,0942022
1,0032023
1,2302024
1,5472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
76.4 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
8.1 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cumberland?
Cumberland's economy produced $24.4B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.