County profile
Guilford County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#125 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$46.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
265,517
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
14,306
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
562,234
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$68.6k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
39.0%±0.9%
Poverty rate
14.6%±0.7%
Business applications
9,325 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,874
33.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Qorvo, Inc.Technology$3.7B75B+2Kontoor Brands, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$3.2B61C3Unifi, Inc.Industrials$571.3M51D4Culp, Inc.Industrials$213.2M——5Triad Business BankFinancial Services$28.5M39D6Guerrilla RF, Inc.Technology$22.7M41D7Global Technologies, Ltd.Technology$3.1M35D8vTv Therapeutics Inc.Healthcare$057C9Tanger Inc.Real Estate———10Oak Ridge Financial Services, Inc.Financial Services———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
Health care22%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation13%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
562,234
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,582
International migration+14,345
Natural change+2,504
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$35.2B2019
$34.7B2020
$37.4B2021
$41.3B2022
$44.5B2023
$46.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$259.9k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±0.5%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$746.9M
2,876 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 97Winter weather 96Lightning 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3872016
4012017
4232018
4432019
4632020
5202021
6212022
6762023
7202024
7432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20213,2282021
2,3232022
2,7812023
3,8432024
2,8762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
NS
Nearest port
220.2 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
13.9 km
PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR12 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Guilford?
Guilford's economy produced $46.9B in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most 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.