County profile
Edgecombe County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1287 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,243
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
702
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
49,121
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$51.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±1.9%
Poverty rate
21.7%±2.6%
Business applications
796 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
26.1/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Transportation23%
Health care17%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
49,121
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+993
International migration+320
Natural change−966
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$125.1k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$858/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$12.0M
53 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Winter weather 96Hurricane 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2152016
2242017
2282018
2332019
2512020
2772021
3242022
3742023
3902024
3752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 20211452021
1082022
792023
502024
532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
50.3 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
27.4 km
ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Edgecombe?
Edgecombe's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 3.8% 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.