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Sussex

United States · GDP 2024
#2483 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$439.0M
GDP growth
-2.6%
Jobs tracked
1,975
Employers
184
Avg. wage
$53.4k
Population
10,755
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$63.5k±$2.6k
Business applications
114 · 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 trade24%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing19%
Health care17%
Mining & energy10%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
10,755
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $41.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+340
International migration−1
Natural change−381

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$363.2M
2019
$366.6M
2020
$414.2M
2021
$411.2M
2022
$450.9M
2023
$439.0M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.8k±$22.4k
Median gross rent
$907/mo±$105/mo
Vacancy rate
19.6%±3.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
34 (3.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
13.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Hurricane 73Earthquake 44
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
149
2016
156
2017
169
2018
169
2019
171
2020
186
2021
208
2022
255
2023
247
2024
276
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
39.7 km
VULCAN MATERIALS, PUDDLEDOCK QUARRY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
65.1 km
RICHMOND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.4k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Marshall$439.4MPerry$439.7MMcCulloch$439.8MHemphill$439.8MBurt$437.5MJefferson$440.6M
The read

Sussex's economy produced $439.0M in 2024, contracting 2.6% year over year — slower than 87% 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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