County profile
Gates County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2820 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$240.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
882
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
115
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
10,234
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$66.3k±$9.4k
Bachelor's degree+
10.9%±2.7%
Poverty rate
9.4%±3.0%
Business applications
109 · 2025
Retail establishments
24
23.3/10k 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 trade26%
Health care25%
Manufacturing21%
Agriculture12%
Other services10%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,234
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $55.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+135
International migration+11
Natural change−362
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$206.7M2019
$215.7M2020
$237.7M2021
$250.0M2022
$231.9M2023
$240.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.8k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$207/mo
Vacancy rate
13.2%±3.8%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.2M
12 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
10.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 78Drought 57Strong wind 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1382016
1452017
1472018
1732019
1582020
1752021
1882022
2072023
2242024
2442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 2021102021
162022
132023
142024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.4 km
I-664
Nearest freight rail
13.3 km
NCVA
Nearest port
13.5 km
NUCOR STEEL HERTFORD
Nearest commercial airport
67.1 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gates?
Gates's economy produced $240.0M in 2024, growing 3.5% 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.