County profile
Edgefield County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1938 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$893.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,914
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
355
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,808
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$73.0k±$6.9k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
17.8%±2.8%
Business applications
411 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
18.8/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Professional services20%
Health care15%
Wholesale trade15%
Retail trade12%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,808
residents · 2025 · +16.1% since 2020
Income per capita $50.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,113
International migration+481
Natural change−533
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$634.2M2019
$662.9M2020
$710.2M2021
$797.8M2022
$897.8M2023
$893.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$202.7k±$12.4k
Median gross rent
$720/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±2.3%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$72.3M
194 units · 6.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 70Hurricane 70Earthquake 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2272017
2342018
2442019
2552020
2752021
3322022
3502023
3772024
4292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 20211942021
2372022
2382023
1812024
1942025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.3 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
4.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
187.6 km
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT
Nearest commercial airport
44.7 km
AUGUSTA RGNL AT BUSH FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Edgefield?
Edgefield's economy produced $893.9M in 2024, contracting 0.4% year over year — slower than 81% 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.