County profile
Forsyth County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#174 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$34.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
190,157
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
9,141
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
401,718
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$67.2k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
38.5%±1.0%
Poverty rate
14.5%±0.9%
Business applications
5,559 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,355
34.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1ProKidney Corp.Healthcare$893.0k41DHQ-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 care21%
Management20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Education10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
401,718
residents · 2025 · +5.0% since 2020
Income per capita $64.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,684
International migration+7,857
Natural change+1,425
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$27.6B2019
$26.0B2020
$28.4B2021
$30.6B2022
$33.2B2023
$34.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$250.4k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
8.9%±0.7%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$793.3M
2,875 units · 7.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Winter weather 92Tornado 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3532016
3672017
3892018
4062019
4272020
4812021
5722022
6322023
6702024
6932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20212,6952021
3,8242022
3,4542023
3,8462024
2,8752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.4 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
NS
Nearest port
240.7 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
3.0 km
SMITH REYNOLDS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Forsyth?
Forsyth's economy produced $34.4B in 2024, growing 3.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.