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Wayne

United States · GDP 2024
#598 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.8B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
33,629
Employers
2,195
Avg. wage
$47.1k
Population
122,278
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$59.7k±$2.7k
Business applications
1,560 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Southern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.Financial Services———

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 care26%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
122,278
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $54.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+754
International migration+2,966
Natural change+807

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$5.1B
2019
$5.1B
2020
$5.7B
2021
$6.2B
2022
$6.5B
2023
$6.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.7k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$965/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±1.2%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
954 (7.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Hurricane 97Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
378
2016
374
2017
384
2018
394
2019
406
2020
457
2021
546
2022
597
2023
632
2024
654
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
DEF 14ASouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.12-19
10-QSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.11-08
8-KSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.09-12
10-QSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.08-15
8-KSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.07-25
10-QSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.05-11
DEF 14ASouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.03-22
10-KSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.03-15
10-QSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.11-09
10-QSouthern BancShares (N.C.), Inc.08-05
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Warren$6.8BFond du Lac$6.7BBradford$6.8BBuchanan$6.7BSussex$6.7BDorchester$6.7B
The read

Wayne's economy produced $6.8B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.
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