Places/WV/Harrison County, WV
County profile

Harrison County, WV

United States · GDP 2024
#646 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,386
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,781
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$62.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
64,221
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$60.4k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
27.2%±1.8%
Poverty rate
14.4%±1.7%
Business applications
626 · 2025
Retail establishments
274
42.5/10k 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 care37%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services10%
Construction9%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
64,221
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $65.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+70
International migration+118
Natural change1,813

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$4.6B
2019
$4.5B
2020
$5.0B
2021
$5.7B
2022
$5.9B
2023
$6.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.2k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±1.5%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$23.6M
192 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$955/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 85Hail 74Lightning 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
253
2016
255
2017
261
2018
265
2019
275
2020
287
2021
314
2022
339
2023
351
2024
356
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
36% since 2021
141
2021
131
2022
125
2023
83
2024
192
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.1 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
32.8 km
MARION DOCKS, HOULT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
13.2 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$62.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Harrison?

Harrison's economy produced $6.0B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over yearslower than 73% 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.