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Nicholas

United States · GDP 2024
#1944 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$883.2M
GDP growth
+0.3%
Jobs tracked
5,911
Employers
541
Avg. wage
$50.0k
Population
23,848
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$54.6k±$5.3k
Business applications
214 · 2025

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
Retail trade28%
Health care26%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing15%
Mining & energy7%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,848
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $45.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+181
International migration+75
Natural change−960

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$670.6M
2019
$683.2M
2020
$710.4M
2021
$806.4M
2022
$880.3M
2023
$883.2M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.6k±$13.7k
Median gross rent
$686/mo±$221/mo
Vacancy rate
24.6%±3.0%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 91Cold wave 90Avalanche 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
140
2016
140
2017
145
2018
151
2019
152
2020
176
2021
183
2022
216
2023
239
2024
222
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.3 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
9.5 km
KNWA
Nearest port
45.4 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
59.6 km
GREENBRIER VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Ramsey$883.0MDeKalb$882.9MCass$883.5MCuster$882.3MMadison$884.8MTorrance$881.3M
The read

Nicholas's economy produced $883.2M in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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