County profile
Calhoun County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2984 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 14% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$148.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
801
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
86
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,978
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$44.0k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
10.1%±3.1%
Poverty rate
32.9%±6.5%
Business applications
41 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
32.0/10k 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 care39%
Construction28%
Retail trade18%
Finance & insurance5%
Mining & energy5%
Food & accommodation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,978
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+28
International migration−8
Natural change−241
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$123.1M2019
$120.0M2020
$131.5M2021
$136.8M2022
$152.8M2023
$148.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$100.5k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$473/mo±$127/mo
Vacancy rate
20.7%±5.6%
Affordability
2.0× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
6 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Hurricane 45Drought 31
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2023–2025
↓ -50% since 2023122023
182024
62025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.4 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
31.9 km
ELKR
Nearest port
56.8 km
ATLAS TOWING CO., PARKERSBURG DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.1 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Calhoun?
Calhoun's economy produced $148.6M in 2024, contracting 2.7% year over year — slower than 87% of 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.