County profile
Vance County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1420 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,108
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
880
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,638
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$50.5k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.2%±2.0%
Poverty rate
19.8%±2.7%
Business applications
618 · 2025
Retail establishments
173
40.6/10k 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 care24%
Retail trade21%
Transportation17%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,638
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $49.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−267
International migration+778
Natural change−398
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.5k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$883/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±2.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$35.4M
115 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$975/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 83Hurricane 79Drought 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1752016
1772017
1892018
2002019
2052020
2302021
2572022
3122023
3332024
3482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20211662021
772022
722023
732024
1152025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
130.4 km
PARKERS FERRY LANDING - SECONDARY ROAD 1306
Nearest commercial airport
64.1 km
RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.4k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Vance?
Vance's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.