County profile
Swain County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1907 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$916.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,724
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
382
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,024
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$52.3k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±2.8%
Poverty rate
19.1%±3.3%
Business applications
167 · 2025
Retail establishments
93
66.2/10k 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 care39%
Food & accommodation21%
Retail trade21%
Arts & recreation8%
Construction6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,024
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $59.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+248
International migration+169
Natural change−496
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$713.8M2019
$729.2M2020
$795.6M2021
$837.5M2022
$879.3M2023
$916.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$207.0k±$19.7k
Median gross rent
$742/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
30.3%±2.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$34.7M
94 units · 6.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$925/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 98Cold wave 76Ice storm 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1512016
1622017
1812018
1812019
1932020
2132021
2782022
2902023
3002024
3052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -56% since 20212122021
1162022
892023
772024
942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
7.2 km
GSM
Nearest port
60.4 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.9 km
MC GHEE TYSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Swain?
Swain's economy produced $916.3M in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.