County profile
Graham County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2656 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 27% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$329.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,439
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
164
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,190
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$49.7k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
17.6%±3.7%
Poverty rate
6.7%±2.4%
Business applications
85 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
33.2/10k 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
Construction25%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care15%
Admin & support14%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,190
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+298
International migration+9
Natural change−156
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$266.0M2019
$256.4M2020
$276.1M2021
$282.1M2022
$317.6M2023
$329.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.6k±$23.2k
Median gross rent
$676/mo±$179/mo
Vacancy rate
32.7%±3.8%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.9M
28 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Cold wave 61Earthquake 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1342016
1312017
1542018
1372019
1632020
1672021
2142022
2432023
2402024
2422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 600% since 202142021
12022
132023
312024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.5 km
I-140
Nearest freight rail
15.8 km
GSM
Nearest port
44.7 km
C. REED DAVIS CONTRACTORS,PORT OF TELLICO BGE WHF
Nearest commercial airport
53.3 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Graham?
Graham's economy produced $329.9M in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.
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.