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Stanly

United States · GDP 2024
#1028 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
GDP growth
+5.8%
Jobs tracked
18,013
Employers
1,459
Avg. wage
$44.4k
Population
68,830
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$60.7k±$3.8k
Business applications
863 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Uwharrie Capital CorpFinancial Services———

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
Manufacturing30%
Retail trade21%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
68,830
residents · 2025 · +9.8% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,094
International migration+613
Natural change−620

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$2.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$242.4k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$861/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
11.8%±1.3%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
336 (4.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 86Hurricane 78Tornado 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
228
2016
243
2017
259
2018
273
2019
282
2020
327
2021
407
2022
439
2023
455
2024
459
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
195.4 km
ELWELL FERRY - KELLY
Nearest commercial airport
42.3 km
CONCORD-PADGETT RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KUwharrie Capital Corp05-22
8-KUwharrie Capital Corp05-20
10-QUwharrie Capital Corp05-05
8-KUwharrie Capital Corp04-27
DEF 14AUwharrie Capital Corp04-09
10-KUwharrie Capital Corp03-05
8-KUwharrie Capital Corp02-10
8-KUwharrie Capital Corp11-21
10-QUwharrie Capital Corp11-04
8-KUwharrie Capital Corp10-29
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Montour$2.8BHenderson$2.8BTalbot$2.8BLamar$2.8BRusk$2.8BLincoln$2.8B
The read

Stanly's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 5.8% 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.
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