County profile
Richmond County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1079 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,523
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
814
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,041
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$44.9k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±2.1%
Poverty rate
25.2%±3.7%
Business applications
578 · 2025
Retail establishments
176
41.8/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care22%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,041
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−39
International migration+114
Natural change−771
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.8k±$20.3k
Median gross rent
$724/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
14.4%±2.4%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$21.7M
109 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 86Tornado 81Wildfire 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2282017
2242018
2442019
2572020
2832021
3352022
3892023
3852024
4092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 263% since 2021302021
282022
442023
582024
1092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-73
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
139.2 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
79.0 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Richmond?
Richmond's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.