County profile
Martin County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2021 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$808.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,847
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
426
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,601
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$48.6k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
16.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
20.4%±3.4%
Business applications
300 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
39.0/10k 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 care29%
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction6%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,601
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+487
International migration+15
Natural change−852
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$685.6M2019
$689.7M2020
$732.3M2021
$732.2M2022
$784.6M2023
$808.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$109.7k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$76/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±2.3%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 92Winter weather 80Drought 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1722016
1672017
1672018
1682019
1852020
1972021
2162022
2482023
2642024
2622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.6 km
I-587
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
6.7 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
33.9 km
PITT-GREENVILLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Martin?
Martin's economy produced $808.0M in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% 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.