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Marion

United States · GDP 2024
#969 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
GDP growth
+7.1%
Jobs tracked
14,249
Employers
1,114
Avg. wage
$51.4k
Population
55,584
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$4.1k
Business applications
489 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1MVB Financial Corp.Financial Services$3.4M44D

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 care27%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation19%
Mining & energy11%
Professional services10%
Utilities9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
55,584
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+588
International migration+84
Natural change−1,341

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$2.9B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.7k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$932/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±1.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
10 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
71.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Hail 69Lightning 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
204
2016
208
2017
213
2018
219
2019
227
2020
242
2021
268
2022
273
2023
302
2024
303
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.6 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
6.9 km
NS
Nearest port
9.6 km
MARION DOCKS, HOULT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
23.6 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

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

8-KMVB Financial Corp.05-20
10-QMVB Financial Corp.05-06
8-KMVB Financial Corp.04-29
8-KMVB Financial Corp.04-29
8-KMVB Financial Corp.04-08
8-KMVB Financial Corp.04-08
DEF 14AMVB Financial Corp.04-07
8-KMVB Financial Corp.04-01
8-KMVB Financial Corp.03-25
10-KMVB Financial Corp.03-12
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jessamine$3.1BHenry + Martinsville$3.0BSomerset$3.0BMorgan$3.1BJefferson$3.0BDeKalb$3.1B
The read

Marion's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over year — faster 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.
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