County profile
Pitt County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#372 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
64,563
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,817
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
182,936
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$58.2k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
33.8%±1.4%
Poverty rate
19.8%±1.1%
Business applications
2,724 · 2025
Retail establishments
608
33.6/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing16%
Construction6%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
182,936
residents · 2025 · +5.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,169
International migration+2,475
Natural change+1,623
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$9.6B2019
$9.6B2020
$10.2B2021
$11.0B2022
$11.8B2023
$12.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.9k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$993/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±1.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$235.0M
1,285 units · 7.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Hurricane 96Tornado 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3282016
3382017
3522018
3642019
3802020
4272021
5042022
5442023
5762024
5932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 20211,2752021
9282022
1,3742023
1,3002024
1,2852025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.9 km
I-587
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
CSXT
Nearest port
42.9 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
4.8 km
PITT-GREENVILLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pitt?
Pitt's economy produced $12.5B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.