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Kanawha

United States · GDP 2024
#334 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$14.4B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
74,799
Employers
4,396
Avg. wage
$59.0k
Population
172,381
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$60.9k±$1.5k
Business applications
1,645 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1United Bankshares, Inc.Financial Services$312.0M57C2City Holding CompanyFinancial Services$74.3M68B3Surya Oil and Gas Corp.Financial Services$6.1M31D

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 care38%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance9%
Professional services9%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
172,381
residents · 2025 · -4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $63.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,595
International migration+767
Natural change−5,975

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$11.3B
2019
$10.9B
2020
$11.9B
2021
$12.9B
2022
$13.8B
2023
$14.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.3k±$4.3k
Median gross rent
$906/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
15.4%±1.0%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
97 (0.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Heat wave 92Lightning 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
311
2016
311
2017
317
2018
316
2019
323
2020
347
2021
376
2022
392
2023
426
2024
434
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.4 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
KNWA
Nearest port
4.3 km
Amherst Industries, Port Amherst Aggregates Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
7.1 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

9 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KCity Holding Company05-28
8-KCity Holding Company05-28
8-KUnited Bankshares, Inc.05-18
10-QUnited Bankshares, Inc.05-08
10-QCity Holding Company05-06
8-KCity Holding Company04-29
8-KCity Holding Company04-29
8-KCity Holding Company04-23
8-KUnited Bankshares, Inc.04-23
DEF 14AUnited Bankshares, Inc.04-01
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Tuscaloosa$14.4BButler$14.5BGuadalupe$14.5BShawnee$14.6BNapa$14.6BBerkeley$14.3B
The read

Kanawha's economy produced $14.4B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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