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County profile

Robeson

United States · GDP 2024
#715 of 3,127 US counties by GDP33rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.0B
GDP growth
+2.6%
Jobs tracked
31,788
Employers
1,787
Avg. wage
$44.4k
Population
119,941
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$42.0k±$1.3k
Business applications
1,561 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Lumbee Guaranty BankFinancial Services$24.6M41D

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
Manufacturing33%
Health care24%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support5%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
119,941
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $46.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+831
International migration+2,422
Natural change+713

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.1B
2019
$4.1B
2020
$4.3B
2021
$4.7B
2022
$4.9B
2023
$5.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$94.5k±$2.4k
Median gross rent
$805/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±0.7%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
399 (3.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
91.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Tornado 97Hurricane 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
182
2016
181
2017
190
2018
191
2019
203
2020
217
2021
254
2022
288
2023
292
2024
316
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
69.8 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
44.1 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Dodge$5.0BCampbell$5.0BOhio$5.1BGarfield$5.0BWard$5.1BMoore$5.0B
The read

Robeson's economy produced $5.0B in 2024, growing 2.6% year over year — slower than 67% 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.
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