County profile
Orangeburg County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#806 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
25,672
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,630
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
83,177
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$45.7k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±1.6%
Poverty rate
22.4%±1.9%
Business applications
1,388 · 2025
Retail establishments
347
41.7/10k 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%
Health care21%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation9%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
83,177
residents · 2025 · -0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $47.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,007
International migration+615
Natural change−2,442
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.6B2023
$4.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.8k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$841/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
20.3%±1.5%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$16.0M
107 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$910/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 96Hurricane 95Strong wind 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
2042017
2012018
2182019
2232020
2492021
2872022
2852023
3342024
3432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 19% since 2021902021
902022
832023
1012024
1072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.8 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
NS
Nearest port
84.7 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
63.0 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.3k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orangeburg?
Orangeburg's economy produced $4.0B in 2024, growing 10.4% year over year — faster than 92% 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.