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Beaufort

United States · GDP 2024
#362 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$12.9B
GDP growth
+6.2%
Jobs tracked
59,121
Employers
6,087
Avg. wage
$51.3k
Population
204,433
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$86.6k±$3.0k
Business applications
3,321 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1CoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$2.0M47D

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
Food & accommodation29%
Retail trade25%
Health care19%
Construction9%
Other services9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
204,433
residents · 2025 · +8.8% since 2020
Income per capita $85.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+13,411
International migration+4,156
Natural change−1,002

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$9.0B
2019
$9.3B
2020
$10.1B
2021
$11.3B
2022
$12.1B
2023
$12.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$455.6k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$70/mo
Vacancy rate
20.2%±0.9%
Affordability
8.9× wages
Residential permits
1,219 (6.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
97.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 99Lightning 96Coastal flooding 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
475
2016
495
2017
529
2018
555
2019
577
2020
658
2021
801
2022
919
2023
963
2024
1003
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.9 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
3.8 km
S C STATE PORTS AUTHORITY
Nearest commercial airport
18.3 km
HILTON HEAD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

10-QCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.05-08
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.05-01
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.04-24
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.04-20
DEF 14ACoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.03-13
10-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.03-12
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.03-04
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.01-20
8-KCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.11-19
10-QCoastalSouth Bancshares, Inc.11-07
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Lea$12.9BButte$12.9BImperial$12.9BHarrison$12.8BMaui + Kalawao$12.8BCabarrus$13.0B
The read

Beaufort's economy produced $12.9B in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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