Places/WV/Mineral County, WV
County profile

Mineral County, WV

United States · GDP 2024
#1791 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,849
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
456
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,792
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$69.4k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.7%±2.9%
Poverty rate
14.0%±2.6%
Business applications
194 · 2025
Retail establishments
75
28.0/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care28%
Retail trade17%
Professional services10%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
26,792
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+640
International migration33
Natural change700

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$832.8M
2019
$898.7M
2020
$963.4M
2021
$981.9M
2022
$1.0B
2023
$1.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$180.4k±$12.6k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$141/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±2.5%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$10.1M
43 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Avalanche 61Hurricane 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
154
2016
146
2017
150
2018
154
2019
158
2020
172
2021
184
2022
214
2023
229
2024
224
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
30% since 2021
33
2021
42
2022
53
2023
64
2024
43
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.7 km
I-68
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
90.4 km
ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY, FORT MARTIN POWER STATION DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
87.3 km
MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Mineral?

Mineral's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.