County profile
Halifax County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1309 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,340
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
934
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,534
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$45.6k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±1.5%
Poverty rate
22.8%±2.3%
Business applications
661 · 2025
Retail establishments
206
43.8/10k 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
Health care24%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,534
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−760
International migration+189
Natural change−1,322
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$106.2k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$813/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±1.7%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$31.0M
75 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 95Drought 89Hurricane 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1852017
1852018
1962019
1992020
2202021
2472022
2652023
2922024
3032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 2021592021
682022
562023
552024
752025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.6 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
65.5 km
PARKERS FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1306
Nearest commercial airport
49.5 km
ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Halifax?
Halifax's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 5.0% 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.