County profile
Union County, SC
United States · GDP 2024
#1921 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$904.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,632
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
418
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,799
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$41.6k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
15.0%±2.4%
Poverty rate
22.6%±2.6%
Business applications
276 · 2025
Retail establishments
102
38.1/10k 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
Manufacturing35%
Transportation20%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Health care9%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,799
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $43.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+513
International migration+210
Natural change−1,103
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$814.3M2019
$741.7M2020
$776.5M2021
$800.4M2022
$859.3M2023
$904.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$103.6k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$804/mo±$142/mo
Vacancy rate
14.2%±2.1%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$21.1M
373 units · 13.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 88Lightning 84Cold wave 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1602016
1632017
1742018
1772019
1912020
2102021
2682022
2932023
3132024
3082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 788% since 2021422021
482022
562023
1012024
3732025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.8 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
NS
Nearest port
236.0 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
59.4 km
GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $904.8M in 2024, growing 5.3% 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.