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Haywood

United States · GDP 2024
#1082 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
GDP growth
+3.4%
Jobs tracked
16,322
Employers
1,546
Avg. wage
$46.9k
Population
63,369
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$2.4k
Business applications
735 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$2.0B
2019
$2.0B
2020
$2.2B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.5B
2023
$2.6B
2024

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
514 (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
253
2016
275
2017
290
2018
305
2019
324
2020
374
2021
449
2022
493
2023
513
2024
517
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Dearborn$2.6BOttawa$2.6BFulton$2.6BSusquehanna$2.6BRichmond$2.6BJohnson$2.6B
The read

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.
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