County profile
Pender County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1101 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,591
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,499
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
72,111
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$80.4k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
30.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
9.7%±1.5%
Business applications
1,208 · 2025
Retail establishments
186
26.5/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Food & accommodation23%
Health care18%
Construction14%
Manufacturing11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
72,111
residents · 2025 · +19.0% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,119
International migration+528
Natural change−207
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$299.0k±$15.5k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
20.6%±1.6%
Affordability
6.6× wages
Residential permits
$231.0M
833 units · 11.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Winter weather 88Wildfire 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2812016
2952017
3142018
3302019
3452020
3942021
4712022
5222023
5632024
5652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 20211,0172021
1,0942022
1,0822023
9442024
8332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
17.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
22.9 km
INVISTA PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
28.1 km
WILMINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pender?
Pender's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 8.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.