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County profile

Wilson

United States · GDP 2024
#703 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.2B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
32,253
Employers
1,818
Avg. wage
$52.9k
Population
81,150
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$3.4k
Business applications
1,283 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing34%
Health care19%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction12%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
81,150
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,328
International migration+752
Natural change−760

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.0B
2019
$4.1B
2020
$4.2B
2021
$4.6B
2022
$4.9B
2023
$5.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.0k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$953/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
10.8%±1.2%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
411 (5.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
76.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 96Hurricane 90Drought 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
414
2016
417
2017
443
2018
454
2019
477
2020
535
2021
641
2022
723
2023
770
2024
785
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.5 km
I-587
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
81.3 km
WELLS OATES LUMBER CO
Nearest commercial airport
16.9 km
ROCKY MOUNT/WILSON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.9k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Yamhill$5.2BCheshire$5.2BPaulding$5.2BFlagler$5.1BReagan$5.1BWashington$5.2B
The read

Wilson's economy produced $5.2B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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