County profile
Berkeley County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#644 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,303
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,859
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
139,522
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$80.8k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
25.1%±1.6%
Poverty rate
11.1%±1.0%
Business applications
1,578 · 2025
Retail establishments
244
17.9/10k 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
Health care28%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation11%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
139,522
residents · 2025 · +13.7% since 2020
Income per capita $57.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15,280
International migration+413
Natural change+1,090
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B2019
$4.3B2020
$4.7B2021
$5.1B2022
$5.6B2023
$6.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$266.3k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±1.0%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$253.8M
1,140 units · 8.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 85Hurricane 80Landslide 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2292017
2442018
2552019
2602020
2952021
3482022
3592023
3852024
4072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211,3442021
1,4932022
1,3782023
1,4602024
1,1402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
4.1 km
WW
Nearest port
109.8 km
JAMES CREEK MARINA
Nearest commercial airport
37.4 km
HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Berkeley?
Berkeley's economy produced $6.1B in 2024, growing 8.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.