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Halifax

United States · GDP 2024
#1309 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
12,340
Employers
934
Avg. wage
$43.9k
Population
46,534
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$45.6k±$3.0k
Business applications
661 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$1.5B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.9B
2024

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
75 (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
178
2016
185
2017
185
2018
196
2019
199
2020
220
2021
247
2022
265
2023
292
2024
303
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Van Zandt$1.9BStutsman$1.9BBuena Vista$1.9BBranch$1.9BBoone$1.9BDunn$1.9B
The read

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.
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