County profile
Hertford County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1786 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,870
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
459
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,015
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$45.5k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±1.9%
Poverty rate
22.9%±2.8%
Business applications
286 · 2025
Retail establishments
87
45.6/10k 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
Health care36%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Education7%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,015
residents · 2025 · -11.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,921
International migration+230
Natural change−584
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$855.0M2019
$836.6M2020
$951.8M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$119.2k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$844/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.2%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$605.6k
3 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Drought 83Winter weather 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1972017
1922018
2002019
1932020
2152021
2592022
2722023
3032024
2922025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -94% since 2021512021
132022
32023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.1 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
4.2 km
NCVA
Nearest port
8.9 km
PARKERS FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1175
Nearest commercial airport
88.2 km
PITT-GREENVILLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hertford?
Hertford's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.