County profile
Jackson County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1797 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-8.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,630
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
472
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,450
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$8.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.6%±2.6%
Poverty rate
18.5%±3.0%
Business applications
230 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
30.5/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Health care21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,450
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+323
International migration+240
Natural change−834
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$940.0M2020
$932.0M2021
$999.7M2022
$1.2B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.2k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$716/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±2.3%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Ice storm 73Heat wave 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1782016
1762017
1812018
1852019
1852020
1992021
2162022
2282023
2442024
2622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
12022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.1 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
12.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
14.9 km
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, RAVENSWOOD YARD DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.6 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Jackson?
Jackson's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, contracting 8.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.