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 · 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care28%
Retail trade17%
Professional services10%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,792
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+640
International migration−33
Natural change−700
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$832.8M2019
$898.7M2020
$963.4M2021
$981.9M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
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 · 2016–2025
1542016
1462017
1502018
1542019
1582020
1722021
1842022
2142023
2292024
2242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 2021332021
422022
532023
642024
432025
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 · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Mineral?
Mineral's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster 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.