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McDowell

United States · GDP 2024
#1037 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
GDP growth
+7.6%
Jobs tracked
13,495
Employers
822
Avg. wage
$45.0k
Population
45,198
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$57.2k±$4.2k
Business applications
459 · 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
Manufacturing50%
Retail trade16%
Health care12%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,198
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,594
International migration+477
Natural change−1,479

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.4B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.1k±$10.4k
Median gross rent
$806/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
13.6%±2.1%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
164 (3.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
59.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Ice storm 87Lightning 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
197
2016
205
2017
217
2018
234
2019
243
2020
274
2021
346
2022
381
2023
408
2024
401
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
NS
Nearest port
164.2 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
52.2 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lincoln$2.8BLogan$2.8BStorey$2.8BCamden$2.8BWebster$2.8BTift$2.8B
The read

McDowell's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 7.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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