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Surry

United States · GDP 2024
#886 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
GDP growth
+4.0%
Jobs tracked
32,143
Employers
1,661
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
72,287
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$55.7k±$3.3k
Business applications
749 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Insteel Industries, Inc.Industrials$647.7M73B

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
Construction34%
Retail trade19%
Health care17%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation11%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
72,287
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,683
International migration+803
Natural change−1,614

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.6B
2019
$2.6B
2020
$2.9B
2021
$3.2B
2022
$3.4B
2023
$3.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$177.6k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$761/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
11.5%±1.2%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
244 (3.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
73.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 92Strong wind 84Ice storm 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
236
2016
237
2017
249
2018
257
2019
264
2020
295
2021
353
2022
397
2023
437
2024
435
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.7 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
7.9 km
YVRR
Nearest port
198.6 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
52.1 km
SMITH REYNOLDS
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

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

8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.05-12
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.04-16
10-QInsteel Industries, Inc.04-16
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.02-11
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.02-10
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.01-15
10-QInsteel Industries, Inc.01-15
DEF 14AInsteel Industries, Inc.01-02
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.11-14
8-KInsteel Industries, Inc.11-12
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Allegany$3.5BBelmont$3.5BRoane$3.5BKendall$3.5BHood$3.6BSt. Mary$3.5B
The read

Surry's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 4.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is construction.

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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