County profile
Davie County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1296 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,701
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
877
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,855
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$75.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
27.3%±2.2%
Poverty rate
9.4%±1.9%
Business applications
581 · 2025
Retail establishments
127
27.9/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade20%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,855
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $67.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,512
International migration+268
Natural change−814
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$253.9k±$19.4k
Median gross rent
$867/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
10.6%±1.9%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$44.5M
236 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 86Hurricane 70Drought 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1942016
2012017
2082018
2212019
2272020
2562021
3052022
3372023
3412024
3592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -12% since 20212672021
2482022
2392023
2502024
2362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.9 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
NS
Nearest port
253.9 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
36.8 km
SMITH REYNOLDS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Davie?
Davie's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.9% 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.