County profile
Greenbrier County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1541 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,528
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
888
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,578
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$48.2k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
22.2%±2.6%
Poverty rate
21.8%±3.0%
Business applications
386 · 2025
Retail establishments
145
45.6/10k 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 care30%
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade19%
Admin & support12%
Manufacturing7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,578
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+48
International migration+87
Natural change−1,453
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.0k±$11.6k
Median gross rent
$868/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±2.1%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$24.9M
108 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$924/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Cold wave 89Lightning 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1822016
1812017
1852018
1892019
1962020
2122021
2482022
2482023
2802024
2992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 77% since 2021612021
932022
802023
692024
1082025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
16.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
75.5 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
10.9 km
GREENBRIER VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Greenbrier?
Greenbrier's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 0.5% year over year — slower than 78% 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.