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Yancey

United States · GDP 2024
#2268 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 36% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$605.1M
GDP growth
+4.2%
Jobs tracked
3,797
Employers
357
Avg. wage
$44.3k
Population
19,084
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$5.7k
Business applications
213 · 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
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
$460.7M
2019
$461.4M
2020
$471.5M
2021
$504.6M
2022
$580.8M
2023
$605.1M
2024

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
107 (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
161
2016
173
2017
179
2018
186
2019
197
2020
232
2021
274
2022
285
2023
347
2024
355
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Thurston$605.3MPhillips$604.5MCrenshaw$606.4MJackson$603.7MWilkinson$603.6MNome Census Area$603.2M
The read

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.
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