County profile
Lewis County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2114 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$724.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,622
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
363
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,394
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$56.5k±$4.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
16.1%±3.1%
Business applications
149 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
38.8/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Health care27%
Food & accommodation20%
Construction11%
Transportation8%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,394
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $48.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−23
International migration+6
Natural change−608
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$723.9M2019
$574.1M2020
$598.4M2021
$666.8M2022
$695.5M2023
$724.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.8k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$730/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
15.2%±3.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$825.0k
5 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hurricane 47Lightning 42
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1382016
1382017
1362018
1442019
1452020
1532021
1552022
1962023
2112024
2122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
52024
52025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.1 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
12.5 km
AO
Nearest port
65.2 km
MARION DOCKS, HOULT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
41.1 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +2% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lewis?
Lewis's economy produced $724.1M in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.