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Charleston

United States · GDP 2024
#115 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$50.5B
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
226,330
Employers
15,801
Avg. wage
$64.8k
Population
436,200
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$88.5k±$1.9k
Business applications
12,378 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Ingevity CorporationBasic Materials$1.2B52D2Blackbaud, Inc.Technology$1.1B80B+3Royal Energy Resources, Inc.Basic Materials$247.9M——4First Capital Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$68.2M50D5Bank of South Carolina CorporationFinancial 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
Food & accommodation24%
Health care23%
Retail trade19%
Professional services14%
Admin & support11%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
436,200
residents · 2025 · +6.4% since 2020
Income per capita $90.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+9,392
International migration+10,961
Natural change+5,794

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$34.4B
2019
$33.7B
2020
$36.8B
2021
$41.8B
2022
$46.8B
2023
$50.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$489.1k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±0.7%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
3,392 (7.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
98.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 100Hurricane 100Earthquake 99
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
902
2016
983
2017
1038
2018
1079
2019
1111
2020
1252
2021
1513
2022
1709
2023
1856
2024
1898
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

9 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KIngevity Corporation06-24
8-KBlackbaud, Inc.06-11
10-QIngevity Corporation05-07
8-KIngevity Corporation05-06
8-KIngevity Corporation05-04
10-QBlackbaud, Inc.04-29
8-KBlackbaud, Inc.04-29
DEF 14ABlackbaud, Inc.04-21
8-KIngevity Corporation04-15
8-KIngevity Corporation03-30
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$64.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Will$50.3BSouth Central Connecticut$50.1BMontgomery$50.1BFort Bend$49.6BArlington$49.1BUnion$51.9B
The read

Charleston's economy produced $50.5B in 2024, growing 7.9% 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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