County profile
Marshall County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#866 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,654
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
481
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,159
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$59.2k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±2.2%
Poverty rate
16.8%±2.2%
Business applications
178 · 2025
Retail establishments
84
28.7/10k 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
Mining & energy27%
Health care24%
Admin & support18%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation11%
Manufacturing6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,159
residents · 2025 · -4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−479
International migration+12
Natural change−876
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.4B2020
$3.3B2021
$4.3B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.8k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
15.1%±2.2%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$991/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Ice storm 59Lightning 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
1912017
2002018
2052019
2112020
2272021
2442022
2612023
2612024
2852025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
62023
82024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.5 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
9.5 km
OHIO RIVER AGGREGATES, MOUNDSVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
68.1 km
MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.7k
avg. annual pay · -3% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marshall?
Marshall's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 4.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.