County profile
Marlboro County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1872 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$965.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,718
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
305
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,488
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.4%
Median HH income
$34.3k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
9.0%±1.4%
Poverty rate
28.5%±3.1%
Business applications
284 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
33.3/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Retail trade21%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction6%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,488
residents · 2025 · -3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $41.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−290
International migration+21
Natural change−721
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$809.8M2019
$776.2M2020
$916.3M2021
$916.8M2022
$914.5M2023
$965.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$82.0k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$689/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
18.9%±2.9%
Affordability
1.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.1M
6 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$902/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 93Hurricane 88Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1792016
1802017
1762018
2052019
1882020
2312021
2422022
2402023
2712024
2892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 2021122021
72022
72023
62024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.7 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
PDRR
Nearest port
120.7 km
ELWELL FERRY - CARVERS
Nearest commercial airport
46.4 km
FLORENCE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marlboro?
Marlboro's economy produced $965.2M in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most 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.