County profile
Rockingham County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#831 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,282
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,632
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
94,195
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$57.1k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.0%±1.2%
Poverty rate
16.3%±1.8%
Business applications
969 · 2025
Retail establishments
304
32.5/10k 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
Manufacturing36%
Retail trade22%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
94,195
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,047
International migration+327
Natural change−2,438
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.1B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.6k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$810/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±1.2%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$114.5M
382 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
71.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 82Hurricane 79Lightning 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1952016
2012017
2092018
2192019
2302020
2562021
3122022
3392023
3582024
3812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 53% since 20212492021
2702022
2792023
3442024
3822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.6 km
I-73
Nearest freight rail
10.4 km
NS
Nearest port
234.7 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
36.0 km
PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rockingham?
Rockingham's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most 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.