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County profile

Wake

United States · GDP 2024
#47 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$128.4B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
556,250
Employers
33,873
Avg. wage
$74.1k
Population
1,257,235
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$105.8k±$1.6k
Business applications
28,887 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Citizens BancShares, Inc.Financial Services$9.5B50D2Advance Auto Parts, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$8.6B61C3Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.Basic Materials$6.2B80B+4Vontier CorporationTechnology$3.1B69B5Pyxus International, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.4B58C6Ralliant CorpTechnology$2.1B40D7Enact Holdings Inc.Financial Services$1.2B67B8Extreme Networks, Inc.Technology$1.1B73B9Highwoods Properties, Inc.Real Estate$806.1M58C10Bandwidth Inc.Technology$753.8M62C11Cardinal Infrastructure Group Inc.Industrials$456.0M44D12Fathom Holdings Inc.Real Estate$420.5M32D13Liquidia CorporationHealthcare$158.3M58C14ACCESS Newswire Inc.Communication Services$22.6M71B15Charles & Colvard, Ltd.Consumer Cyclical$22.0M——16Data443 Risk Mitigation, Inc.Technology$4.4M40D17SMS Alternatives Inc.Technology$1.5M——18374Water Inc.Industrials$215.0k32D19Anvi Global Holdings, Inc.Basic Materials$137.9k18D20MGT Capital Investments, Inc.Financial Services$87.0k20D21iEntertainment Network, Inc.Technology$41.5k28D22Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc.Technology$0——23Foodbase Group, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$0——24Lumexa Imaging Holdings, Inc. Common StockHealthcare———259 Meters Biopharma, Inc.Healthcare———

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 care22%
Professional services21%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Admin & support11%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,257,235
residents · 2025 · +11.2% since 2020
Income per capita $85.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+56,656
International migration+39,111
Natural change+30,750

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$86.4B
2019
$87.4B
2020
$98.3B
2021
$109.1B
2022
$120.6B
2023
$128.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$461.3k±$3.8k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.4%
Affordability
6.2× wages
Residential permits
13,806 (11.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
95.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Heat wave 97Tornado 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
545
2016
584
2017
619
2018
653
2019
674
2020
767
2021
948
2022
1001
2023
1048
2024
1059
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

83 filings from 21 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KFathom Holdings Inc.07-09
8-K374Water Inc.07-08
8-KCharles & Colvard, Ltd.07-08
DEF 14APyxus International, Inc.07-06
8-KMGT Capital Investments, Inc.07-06
8-KFathom Holdings Inc.07-06
8-KACCESS Newswire Inc.07-01
8-KLumexa Imaging Holdings, Inc. Common Stock06-30
8-KMartin Marietta Materials, Inc.06-29
8-KFathom Holdings Inc.06-29
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$74.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Denver$128.5BDuPage$129.7BWayne$129.9BNassau$130.2BAllegheny$132.9BRiverside$134.8B
The read

Wake's economy produced $128.4B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.
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