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Harnett

United States · GDP 2024
#814 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
24,279
Employers
1,960
Avg. wage
$44.7k
Population
150,137
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$2.9k
Business applications
2,105 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1American Defense Systems, Inc.Industrials$8.7M——

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 trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care19%
Transportation15%
Education13%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
150,137
residents · 2025 · +12.3% since 2020
Income per capita $50.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,847
International migration+1,617
Natural change+2,755

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B
2019
$2.8B
2020
$3.1B
2021
$3.4B
2022
$3.7B
2023
$4.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$246.2k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±0.9%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
2,205 (14.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
75.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$980/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 89Tornado 87Heat wave 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
211
2016
219
2017
230
2018
241
2019
255
2020
281
2021
352
2022
383
2023
387
2024
404
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.9 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
RFCC
Nearest port
109.5 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
42.1 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Williamson$4.0BBurke$3.9BElko$4.0BMercer$4.0BYork + Poquoson$4.0BLa Salle$4.0B
The read

Harnett's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.
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