Places/WV/Lincoln County, WV
County profile

Lincoln County, WV

United States · GDP 2024
#2649 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 3% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$333.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,612
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
172
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,177
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$46.2k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
8.1%±1.8%
Poverty rate
23.2%±4.1%
Business applications
114 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
18.1/10k 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 care55%
Retail trade16%
Construction16%
Food & accommodation6%
Admin & support4%
Other services3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
19,177
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $41.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration334
International migration+13
Natural change872

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$263.4M
2019
$247.2M
2020
$280.6M
2021
$270.5M
2022
$309.6M
2023
$333.4M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$105.3k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$771/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
20.0%±3.6%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
11 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Heat wave 73Wildfire 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
127
2016
119
2017
126
2018
131
2019
130
2020
139
2021
154
2022
151
2023
172
2024
135
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
57% since 2021
7
2021
0
2022
18
2023
12
2024
11
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
9.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
31.7 km
GO MART, AMANDAVILLE RIVER TERMINAL, ST. ALBANS DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
47.3 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$41.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Lincoln?

Lincoln's economy produced $333.4M in 2024, growing 7.7% year over yearfaster than most 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.