County profile
Currituck County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1727 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,317
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
766
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,158
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$93.5k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
30.9%±2.7%
Poverty rate
7.5%±1.8%
Business applications
450 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
41.3/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation24%
Construction15%
Admin & support13%
Real estate12%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,158
residents · 2025 · +16.7% since 2020
Income per capita $65.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,648
International migration+139
Natural change−45
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$817.2M2019
$818.4M2020
$937.3M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$378.8k±$11.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$133/mo
Vacancy rate
30.6%±1.7%
Affordability
8.7× wages
Residential permits
$124.2M
325 units · 9.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Winter weather 67Lightning 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1962016
2032017
2082018
2212019
2252020
2542021
2982022
3282023
3542024
3672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 20215472021
3632022
4372023
4292024
3252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.0 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
CA
Nearest port
4.8 km
CURRITUCK FERRY TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
57.0 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Currituck?
Currituck's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.