County profile
Pleasants County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2315 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$574.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-19.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,161
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
125
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$63.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,338
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$60.9k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
14.1%±3.1%
Poverty rate
11.6%±3.5%
Business applications
44 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
17.7/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Construction16%
Health care14%
Admin & support14%
Food & accommodation10%
Retail trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,338
residents · 2025 · -4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $55.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−64
International migration+0
Natural change−253
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$507.5M2019
$488.5M2020
$602.7M2021
$759.4M2022
$715.7M2023
$574.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.0k±$15.9k
Median gross rent
$715/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
14.1%±3.8%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$315.0k
3 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 80Hurricane 43Lightning 31
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1232015
1382016
1362017
1352018
1382019
1432020
1462021
1462022
1842024
1982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -73% since 2021112021
42022
32023
52024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.9 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
4.7 km
ST. MARYS REFINING CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
24.1 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$63.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pleasants?
Pleasants's economy produced $574.9M in 2024, contracting 19.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.