County profile
Belmont County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#884 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,121
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,379
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
64,434
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$57.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±1.4%
Poverty rate
15.8%±1.6%
Business applications
546 · 2025
Retail establishments
246
38.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1United Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———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
Health care28%
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation19%
Mining & energy11%
Transportation8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
64,434
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+382
International migration+36
Natural change−2,263
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.3B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.5B2021
$3.7B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.9k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$793/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±1.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$966.8k
2 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$991/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 93Landslide 89Ice storm 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2342016
2362017
2462018
2552019
2592020
2722021
3012022
3062023
3422024
3512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 202142021
102022
22023
12024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.4 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
11.5 km
NS
Nearest port
21.2 km
WARREN DISTRIBUTION CENTER, GLENDALE, WV
Nearest commercial airport
83.1 km
PITTSBURGH INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Belmont?
Belmont's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, contracting 2.6% year over year — slower than 87% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.