County profile
Wilson County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#703 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
32,253
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,818
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
81,150
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$56.4k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.7%±1.6%
Poverty rate
19.8%±1.9%
Business applications
1,283 · 2025
Retail establishments
320
39.6/10k 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
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
$4.0B2019
$4.1B2020
$4.2B2021
$4.6B2022
$4.9B2023
$5.2B2024
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
$98.7M
411 units · 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
4142016
4172017
4432018
4542019
4772020
5352021
6412022
7232023
7702024
7852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 20% since 20213432021
6202022
3732023
5802024
4112025
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
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What is the GDP of Wilson?
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.