County profile
Clarendon County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1876 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$962.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,343
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
497
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,043
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$52.4k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.4%±1.9%
Business applications
504 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
34.1/10k 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
Health care34%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing12%
Professional services8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,043
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $51.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,166
International migration+69
Natural change−1,010
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$648.5M2019
$665.6M2020
$747.6M2021
$812.2M2022
$915.4M2023
$962.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.0k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$763/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
23.2%±2.0%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$24.3M
114 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Lightning 93Earthquake 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1432017
1502018
1602019
1642020
1832021
2242022
2412023
2532024
2752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 36% since 2021842021
1002022
922023
1142024
1142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
3.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
73.4 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
73.5 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$40.6k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clarendon?
Clarendon's economy produced $962.5M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.