County profile
Kershaw County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#902 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,923
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,208
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
73,166
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.2%±1.7%
Business applications
1,183 · 2025
Retail establishments
216
30.0/10k 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
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade22%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation12%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
73,166
residents · 2025 · +11.6% since 2020
Income per capita $60.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,530
International migration+456
Natural change−509
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.8B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$217.1k±$8.1k
Median gross rent
$971/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±1.2%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$132.3M
509 units · 7.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 86Hurricane 86Ice storm 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2402017
2492018
2602019
2692020
3012021
3592022
3822023
4082024
4202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 20217532021
4132022
6612023
4742024
5092025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.5 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
155.0 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
66.0 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kershaw?
Kershaw's economy produced $3.4B in 2024, growing 11.6% year over year — faster than 94% 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.