County profile
Pickens County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#649 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
28,852
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,254
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
139,198
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
28.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
17.2%±1.5%
Business applications
1,749 · 2025
Retail establishments
363
26.3/10k 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
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation23%
Manufacturing23%
Health care15%
Other services8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
139,198
residents · 2025 · +5.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+7,922
International migration+1,185
Natural change−1,837
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B2019
$4.2B2020
$4.6B2021
$5.1B2022
$5.7B2023
$6.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.9k±$4.9k
Median gross rent
$972/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±1.1%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$422.9M
946 units · 6.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 94Lightning 88Earthquake 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3262016
3442017
3682018
3922019
4112020
4612021
5552022
6122023
6402024
6532025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 20211,0302021
1,6582022
1,0872023
1,4242024
9462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
155.5 km
BURKHART ENTERPRISES, KNOXVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.0 km
DONALDSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pickens?
Pickens's economy produced $6.0B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.