County profile
Marion County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1929 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$900.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,965
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
489
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,242
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$36.3k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
14.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
30.0%±3.9%
Business applications
474 · 2025
Retail establishments
104
36.5/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing22%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance8%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,242
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−52
International migration+17
Natural change−827
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$644.8M2019
$646.2M2020
$684.8M2021
$723.3M2022
$812.9M2023
$900.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$93.2k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$669/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±2.6%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$9.7M
71 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 95Cold wave 91Earthquake 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1722016
1522017
1672018
1792019
1812020
2082021
2412022
2692023
2812024
2932025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 1% since 2021702021
772022
732023
762024
712025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.3 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
79.4 km
MITTAL STEEL USA, GEORGETOWN
Nearest commercial airport
35.3 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marion?
Marion's economy produced $900.7M in 2024, growing 10.8% year over year — faster than 93% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.