County profile
Yadkin County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#1610 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,235
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
650
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,325
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
14.0%±2.0%
Business applications
339 · 2025
Retail establishments
109
28.5/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Construction15%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation11%
Health care11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,325
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,260
International migration+558
Natural change−772
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$946.7M2019
$923.5M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$181.2k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$766/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
13.0%±2.1%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$29.3M
116 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 79Drought 69Hurricane 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1602016
1642017
1682018
1792019
1902020
2092021
2532022
2562023
2872024
2942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -38% since 20211862021
1612022
1132023
1322024
1162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.8 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
10.3 km
YVRR
Nearest port
226.5 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
40.0 km
SMITH REYNOLDS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yadkin?
Yadkin's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster than most 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.