County profile
Perquimans County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2560 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$391.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,466
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,490
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$67.9k±$8.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±3.3%
Poverty rate
9.8%±2.6%
Business applications
148 · 2025
Retail establishments
32
23.7/10k 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 trade27%
Health care18%
Other services17%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation14%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,490
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,066
International migration−41
Natural change−564
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$280.4M2019
$286.4M2020
$340.2M2021
$379.3M2022
$394.0M2023
$391.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.7k±$18.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$134/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±3.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$9.2M
43 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$999/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 90Winter weather 63Strong wind 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1502017
1512018
1492019
1662020
1812021
2062022
2432023
2422024
2532025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021412021
462022
452023
462024
432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
62.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
CA
Nearest port
23.5 km
J.W. JONES CHIP MILL INC. (BULKHEAD)
Nearest commercial airport
79.8 km
NORFOLK INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Perquimans?
Perquimans's economy produced $391.6M in 2024, contracting 0.6% year over year — slower than 82% of 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.