County profile
Newberry County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1263 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,402
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
781
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
39,561
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±2.1%
Poverty rate
17.4%±2.9%
Business applications
507 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
35.6/10k 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
Manufacturing46%
Retail trade16%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
39,561
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $53.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,743
International migration+662
Natural change−594
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.3k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$872/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±2.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$62.6M
160 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$994/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 89Earthquake 82Tornado 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2252016
2312017
2452018
2512019
2622020
2892021
3402022
3762023
4072024
4292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 20211522021
1932022
1802023
1552024
1602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.3 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
202.1 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
59.1 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Newberry?
Newberry's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.