County profile
Northampton County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2088 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$738.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+12.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,427
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
255
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,491
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$50.1k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.9%±2.0%
Poverty rate
21.1%±3.0%
Business applications
196 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
29.0/10k 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
Transportation34%
Wholesale trade19%
Health care13%
Retail trade12%
Manufacturing11%
Education11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,491
residents · 2025 · -5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $52.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−128
International migration+25
Natural change−825
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$563.9M2019
$538.5M2020
$612.1M2021
$671.1M2022
$658.0M2023
$738.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.5k±$10.4k
Median gross rent
$758/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
26.2%±2.3%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$6.2M
15 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$972/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 88Hurricane 85Winter weather 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1802016
1742017
1962018
1912019
2002020
2262021
2592022
3062023
2882024
2402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -53% since 2021322021
232022
182023
172024
152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
8.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
39.8 km
PARKERS FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1306
Nearest commercial airport
76.6 km
ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Northampton?
Northampton's economy produced $738.9M in 2024, growing 12.3% year over year — faster than 95% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.
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.