County profile
Transylvania County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1132 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 76% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,603
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,011
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,211
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$66.2k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
40.0%±3.1%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.2%
Business applications
403 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
38.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade23%
Health care18%
Education11%
Construction11%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,211
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $64.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,728
International migration+446
Natural change−1,223
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B2019
$1.9B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$373.6k±$19.2k
Median gross rent
$967/mo±$144/mo
Vacancy rate
24.3%±2.2%
Affordability
8.0× wages
Residential permits
$131.1M
176 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Cold wave 91Ice storm 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2682016
2792017
3002018
3192019
3362020
3792021
4582022
4932023
5382024
5732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 20211952021
1932022
2132023
1852024
1762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.1 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
125.9 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
34.8 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Transylvania?
Transylvania's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.