County profile
Braxton County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2521 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$417.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,754
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
232
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,885
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$50.3k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±2.7%
Poverty rate
20.4%±3.7%
Business applications
112 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
39.0/10k 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 care35%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing12%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,885
residents · 2025 · -4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $44.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−25
International migration+2
Natural change−488
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$339.6M2019
$345.2M2020
$344.5M2021
$374.3M2022
$396.9M2023
$417.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$117.9k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$606/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
23.3%±4.2%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
11 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Avalanche 62Hurricane 46
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
72022
32023
112024
112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.2 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
ELKR
Nearest port
78.6 km
MARSICO BROTHERS, MONTGOMERY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
79.0 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Braxton?
Braxton's economy produced $417.2M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.