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Mathews

United States · GDP 2024
#2784 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$260.5M
GDP growth
+3.2%
Jobs tracked
1,196
Employers
191
Avg. wage
$39.1k
Population
8,529
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$75.9k±$12.0k
Business applications
102 · 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
Retail trade25%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services14%
Construction11%
Manufacturing9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,529
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $76.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+422
International migration+0
Natural change−409

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$202.0M
2019
$209.3M
2020
$215.8M
2021
$224.4M
2022
$252.4M
2023
$260.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$360.9k±$26.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$324/mo
Vacancy rate
27.4%±4.4%
Affordability
9.2× wages
Residential permits
32 (3.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
12.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 80Hurricane 71Drought 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
127
2016
126
2017
134
2018
138
2019
140
2020
155
2021
177
2022
194
2023
203
2024
237
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.0 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
26.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
25.1 km
PLAINS MARKETING, YORKTOWN TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
36.5 km
NEWPORT NEWS/WILLIAMSBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$39.1k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Bath$260.7MPerry$260.0MWayne$259.8MCrosby$259.2MConejos$258.7MSearcy$258.6M
The read

Mathews's economy produced $260.5M in 2024, growing 3.2% year over year — slower than 62% of 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.
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