County profile
Dare County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#958 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,320
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,079
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,245
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$89.0k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
43.2%±2.9%
Poverty rate
6.6%±1.4%
Business applications
674 · 2025
Retail establishments
447
116.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation36%
Retail trade29%
Real estate13%
Construction9%
Health care8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,245
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $83.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,371
International migration+463
Natural change−575
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.3B2020
$2.7B2021
$2.9B2022
$3.0B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$460.4k±$16.4k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$85/mo
Vacancy rate
52.3%±1.9%
Affordability
10.3× wages
Residential permits
$177.6M
325 units · 8.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Lightning 95Winter weather 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3542016
3672017
3792018
3912019
4162020
4852021
6012022
6652023
6962024
7222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20215692021
5772022
4302023
3712024
3252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
119.5 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
71.6 km
CA
Nearest port
22.7 km
ETHERIDGE WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
131.4 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dare?
Dare's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.