County profile
Hardy County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1820 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,014
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
294
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,337
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$49.3k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±2.7%
Poverty rate
17.7%±3.3%
Business applications
136 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
37.4/10k 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
Manufacturing61%
Retail trade13%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation8%
Finance & insurance4%
Transportation3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,337
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $47.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+186
International migration+145
Natural change−242
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$574.3M2019
$643.0M2020
$928.6M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.0B2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.3k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$816/mo±$59/mo
Vacancy rate
28.1%±2.9%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$13.7M
66 units · 4.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$932/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Hurricane 73Avalanche 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1432016
1512017
1482018
1532019
1592020
1822021
1892022
2362023
2552024
2992025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 2021812021
592022
2002023
742024
662025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.3 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
10.4 km
SBVR
Nearest port
116.5 km
MORGANTOWN INDUSTRIAL PARK
Nearest commercial airport
82.8 km
SHENANDOAH VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hardy?
Hardy's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 0.4% year over year — slower than 78% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.