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Rowan

United States · GDP 2024
#531 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.9B
GDP growth
+4.0%
Jobs tracked
49,366
Employers
2,908
Avg. wage
$55.2k
Population
155,096
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$2.0k
Business applications
1,935 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing29%
Health care25%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation11%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
155,096
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $51.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,018
International migration+1,897
Natural change−1,838

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.7B
2019
$5.7B
2020
$6.5B
2021
$7.0B
2022
$7.6B
2023
$7.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$238.4k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
9.4%±1.1%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
957 (6.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 95Cold wave 95Tornado 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
399
2016
419
2017
451
2018
473
2019
506
2020
579
2021
715
2022
774
2023
808
2024
842
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
NS
Nearest port
235.2 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
32.6 km
CONCORD-PADGETT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fairbanks North Star Borough$7.9BSanta Rosa$7.9BCarroll$7.9BRockwall$7.9BChristian$7.9BAnderson$7.9B
The read

Rowan's economy produced $7.9B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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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