Places/NC/Hertford County, NC
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 · 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
Health care36%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Education7%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
19,015
residents · 2025 · -11.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration1,921
International migration+230
Natural change584

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$855.0M
2019
$836.6M
2020
$951.8M
2021
$1.0B
2022
$1.1B
2023
$1.1B
2024

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 · 20162025
179
2016
197
2017
192
2018
200
2019
193
2020
215
2021
259
2022
272
2023
303
2024
292
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-94% since 2021
51
2021
13
2022
3
2023
3
2024
3
2025

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 · 20192023
$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Hertford?

Hertford's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over yearslower 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.