County profile
Scotland County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1481 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,272
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
624
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,322
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$45.7k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
25.8%±2.1%
Business applications
445 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
39.6/10k 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 care33%
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support4%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,322
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $47.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+142
International migration+342
Natural change−590
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.9k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$778/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±1.3%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$15.7M
59 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 87Wildfire 82Earthquake 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1542016
1492017
1582018
1582019
1712020
1952021
2262022
2522023
2412024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 13% since 2021522021
532022
432023
702024
592025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.8 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
LRS
Nearest port
109.5 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
57.2 km
FAYETTEVILLE RGNL/GRANNIS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Scotland?
Scotland's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 6.7% 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.