County profile
Yancey County, NC
United States · GDP 2024
#2268 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$605.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,797
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
357
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,084
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±2.8%
Poverty rate
15.2%±2.2%
Business applications
213 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
32.0/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Retail trade20%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,084
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,045
International migration+119
Natural change−566
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$460.7M2019
$461.4M2020
$471.5M2021
$504.6M2022
$580.8M2023
$605.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.1k±$17.2k
Median gross rent
$882/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
28.5%±3.1%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$36.3M
107 units · 5.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$935/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Lightning 83Ice storm 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1612016
1732017
1792018
1862019
1972020
2322021
2742022
2852023
3472024
3552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 35% since 2021792021
992022
992023
1002024
1072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.5 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
11.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
138.3 km
Burkhart Enterprises, Forks-of-the-River Slip.
Nearest commercial airport
55.7 km
ASHEVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.3k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yancey?
Yancey's economy produced $605.1M in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.