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Giles

United States · GDP 2024
#1903 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$923.4M
GDP growth
-0.7%
Jobs tracked
3,774
Employers
299
Avg. wage
$65.3k
Population
16,564
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$3.3k
Business applications
142 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade21%
Health care18%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services7%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,564
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+317
International migration−9
Natural change−521

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$526.8M
2019
$559.7M
2020
$712.9M
2021
$722.2M
2022
$929.5M
2023
$923.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.1k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$789/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
19.7%±3.6%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
23 (1.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
16.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Avalanche 69Earthquake 43
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
190
2016
194
2017
196
2018
209
2019
214
2020
232
2021
284
2022
288
2023
306
2024
327
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.8 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
NS
Nearest port
104.5 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
64.3 km
RALEIGH COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$65.3k
avg. annual pay · +58% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hill$925.3MLander$920.5MTattnall$920.4MHamilton$926.7MWaushara$919.4MCoffey$927.7M
The read

Giles's economy produced $923.4M in 2024, contracting 0.7% year over year — slower than 82% 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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