County profile
Pocahontas County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2624 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$352.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,174
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
231
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$39.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,602
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$42.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±3.4%
Poverty rate
22.5%±4.3%
Business applications
159 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
48.4/10k 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
Food & accommodation51%
Health care15%
Manufacturing11%
Retail trade10%
Other services7%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,602
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $55.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+134
International migration−1
Natural change−389
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$293.3M2019
$298.8M2020
$308.0M2021
$328.9M2022
$344.3M2023
$352.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.4k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$715/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
53.5%±2.4%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$1.1M
7 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Avalanche 66Lightning 52
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 202162021
62022
02023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.7 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
9.7 km
CASS
Nearest port
113.1 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.6 km
GREENBRIER VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$39.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pocahontas?
Pocahontas's economy produced $352.5M in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.