County profile
Mitchell County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2171 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$681.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-17.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,297
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
371
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,062
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$57.6k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.2%±3.4%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.8%
Business applications
148 · 2025
Retail establishments
60
39.6/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Mining & energy13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,062
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+703
International migration+104
Natural change−659
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$577.0M2019
$569.9M2020
$622.1M2021
$636.2M2022
$828.3M2023
$681.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$220.1k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$813/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
24.3%±3.4%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$13.7M
44 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Lightning 84Ice storm 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1482016
1492017
1492018
1602019
1682020
1902021
2462022
2562023
2472024
2822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 13% since 2021392021
402022
392023
442024
442025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.6 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
151.0 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
55.4 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mitchell?
Mitchell's economy produced $681.3M in 2024, contracting 17.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.