County profile
Doddridge County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2195 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$665.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-13.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
931
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
69
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,634
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$57.4k±$8.1k
Bachelor's degree+
13.9%±3.9%
Poverty rate
14.8%±4.1%
Business applications
57 · 2025
Retail establishments
5
6.5/10k 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
Mining & energy48%
Construction18%
Health care14%
Retail trade10%
Finance & insurance5%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,634
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $42.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−26
International migration+6
Natural change−128
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$644.8M2019
$536.5M2020
$778.5M2021
$1.1B2022
$766.3M2023
$665.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.8k±$14.9k
Median gross rent
$866/mo±$100/mo
Vacancy rate
21.1%±4.9%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$928/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Hurricane 37Earthquake 22
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2022
02021
02022
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.0 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
23.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
41.0 km
DOMINION TRANSMISSION, HASTINGS EXTRACTION PLANT, LONG REACH DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
41.5 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.7k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Doddridge?
Doddridge's economy produced $665.2M in 2024, contracting 13.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.