County profile
Jackson County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1204 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,583
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,039
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$55.8k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
31.1%±2.6%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.0%
Business applications
428 · 2025
Retail establishments
179
39.8/10k 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
Food & accommodation48%
Retail trade18%
Health care17%
Construction7%
Admin & support6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,039
residents · 2025 · +6.9% since 2020
Income per capita $49.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,719
International migration+555
Natural change−530
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$284.7k±$20.0k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
33.7%±2.2%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$338.5M
232 units · 5.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$964/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Cold wave 96Lightning 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1802017
1972018
2012019
2152020
2422021
2942022
3172023
3542024
3762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20213142021
2782022
2352023
2542024
2322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.5 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
11.8 km
BLU
Nearest port
97.0 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
56.8 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.