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Halifax

United States · GDP 2024
#1442 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
+7.8%
Jobs tracked
9,748
Employers
656
Avg. wage
$47.7k
Population
33,447
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$52.0k±$3.0k
Business applications
389 · 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care19%
Retail trade18%
Transportation16%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,447
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $49.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+618
International migration+135
Natural change−1,246

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B
2019
$1.2B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.4B
2022
$1.5B
2023
$1.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.7k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$790/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
22.0%±2.2%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
101 (3.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
47.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$914/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Hurricane 79Lightning 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
206
2016
209
2017
213
2018
227
2019
230
2020
252
2021
291
2022
308
2023
329
2024
345
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.3 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
NS
Nearest port
149.7 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
66.4 km
LYNCHBURG RGNL/PRESTON GLENN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Churchill$1.6BWoodford$1.6BHoke$1.6BMartin$1.6BDelta$1.6BCaledonia$1.6B
The read

Halifax's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 7.8% 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.
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