County profile
Onslow County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#373 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
38,655
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,080
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
217,175
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$68.1k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.0%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.6%±1.1%
Business applications
2,559 · 2025
Retail establishments
559
26.0/10k 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
Food & accommodation28%
Retail trade27%
Health care20%
Admin & support10%
Construction8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
217,175
residents · 2025 · +5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+172
International migration+1,341
Natural change+10,758
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$9.0B2019
$9.3B2020
$10.2B2021
$11.0B2022
$11.7B2023
$12.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$236.4k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±0.9%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$298.5M
1,372 units · 6.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Winter weather 98Lightning 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1902016
1932017
2032018
2212019
2272020
2612021
3072022
3432023
3732024
3842025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20211,5972021
1,3222022
1,4192023
1,2462024
1,3722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.6 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
NS
Nearest port
56.5 km
MID STREAM MILE 34
Nearest commercial airport
20.3 km
ALBERT J ELLIS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Onslow?
Onslow's economy produced $12.5B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.