County profile
Calhoun County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1913 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$910.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+15.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,901
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
242
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,188
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.5%±3.8%
Poverty rate
12.9%±3.4%
Business applications
255 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
20.4/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Construction16%
Wholesale trade13%
Retail trade10%
Health care9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,188
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+637
International migration+8
Natural change−571
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$659.6M2019
$622.0M2020
$696.9M2021
$762.0M2022
$788.3M2023
$910.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$172.1k±$20.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$123/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±2.9%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$9.2M
38 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Earthquake 72Drought 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1222016
1282017
1312018
1372019
1402020
1542021
1812022
1972023
2052024
2162025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
72022
232023
482024
382025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.1 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
NS
Nearest port
100.0 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
43.1 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.2k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Calhoun?
Calhoun's economy produced $910.9M in 2024, growing 15.6% year over year — faster than 97% of 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.