Places/WV/Hampshire County, WV
County profile

Hampshire County, WV

United States · GDP 2024
#2326 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$562.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,593
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
310
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$40.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
24,105
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$63.1k±$7.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±2.7%
Poverty rate
13.1%±2.3%
Business applications
214 · 2025
Retail establishments
52
21.9/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance9%
Construction8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
24,105
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,567
International migration21
Natural change514

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$474.4M
2019
$488.1M
2020
$513.7M
2021
$493.9M
2022
$511.0M
2023
$562.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.2k±$11.1k
Median gross rent
$720/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
31.6%±3.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$26.5M
129 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hurricane 66Avalanche 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
149
2016
136
2017
144
2018
151
2019
160
2020
176
2021
199
2022
206
2023
224
2024
241
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
2% since 2021
126
2021
125
2022
142
2023
120
2024
129
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.0 km
I-68
Nearest freight rail
12.7 km
SBVR
Nearest port
120.7 km
MORGANTOWN INDUSTRIAL PARK
Nearest commercial airport
87.7 km
HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$40.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Hampshire?

Hampshire's economy produced $562.6M in 2024, growing 10.1% year over yearfaster than 91% 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.