Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
HomeScreenerChatCompanies
Economic Atlas
WORKSPACE
OverviewScreenerWatchlistChatAccount
EXPLORE
CompaniesPlacesPlace screenerMethodology
Terms·Privacy
Economic Atlas
Places/WV/Jefferson
County profile

Jefferson

United States · GDP 2024
#972 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
GDP growth
+14.9%
Jobs tracked
13,457
Employers
976
Avg. wage
$59.4k
Population
63,102
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$98.8k±$4.9k
Business applications
843 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1American Public Education, Inc.Consumer Defensive$648.9M72B2Potomac Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———3JSB Financial Inc.Financial Services———

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
Food & accommodation29%
Education24%
Retail trade19%
Health care12%
Admin & support9%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
63,102
residents · 2025 · +9.2% since 2020
Income per capita $70.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+4,892
International migration+477
Natural change−48

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B
2019
$1.9B
2020
$2.1B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.6B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$350.8k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
8.0%±1.1%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
1,324 (21.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
47.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 76Hurricane 69Strong wind 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
188
2016
192
2017
204
2018
213
2019
221
2020
247
2021
282
2022
313
2023
332
2024
336
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.7 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.0 km
NS
Nearest port
88.2 km
JAMES CREEK MARINA
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.05-26
8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.05-11
10-QAmerican Public Education, Inc.05-11
DEF 14AAmerican Public Education, Inc.04-09
10-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.03-12
8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.03-12
8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.11-10
10-QAmerican Public Education, Inc.11-10
8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.10-20
8-KAmerican Public Education, Inc.10-14
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Somerset$3.0BHenry + Martinsville$3.0BPulaski$3.0BMarion$3.0BEffingham$3.0BJessamine$3.1B
The read

Jefferson's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 14.9% year over year — faster than 97% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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.
HomeScreenerChatCompanies