County profile
Haywood County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1082 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,322
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,546
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
63,369
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
29.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.9%
Business applications
735 · 2025
Retail establishments
244
38.6/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing15%
Other services10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
63,369
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $58.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,137
International migration+243
Natural change−2,251
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$279.2k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
23.7%±1.8%
Affordability
6.0× wages
Residential permits
$175.5M
514 units · 8.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Cold wave 92Lightning 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2532016
2752017
2902018
3052019
3242020
3742021
4492022
4932023
5132024
5172025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 4% since 20214962021
3012022
2742023
5372024
5142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
BLU
Nearest port
89.0 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
42.0 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Haywood?
Haywood's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.