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County profile

Saluda

United States · GDP 2024
#2221 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$643.2M
GDP growth
+10.7%
Jobs tracked
4,210
Employers
257
Avg. wage
$44.6k
Population
19,680
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$51.0k±$5.9k
Business applications
230 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing61%
Health care11%
Retail trade9%
Construction8%
Food & accommodation7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,680
residents · 2025 · +4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $49.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+391
International migration+520
Natural change−162

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$467.0M
2019
$490.3M
2020
$545.1M
2021
$572.3M
2022
$581.0M
2023
$643.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$146.5k±$18.5k
Median gross rent
$851/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±2.2%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
61 (3.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
40.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 76Ice storm 70Earthquake 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
229
2016
233
2017
260
2018
262
2019
285
2020
296
2021
399
2022
380
2023
497
2024
480
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.1 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
16.6 km
NS
Nearest port
191.1 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
56.5 km
COLUMBIA METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Koochiching$642.7MBibb$642.4MBrooks$644.7MPocahontas$641.7MGrant$641.6MMills$645.3M
The read

Saluda's economy produced $643.2M in 2024, growing 10.7% 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.
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