County profile
Preston County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1832 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,012
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
509
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,004
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±1.5%
Poverty rate
13.8%±2.2%
Business applications
262 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
21.8/10k 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
Health care26%
Retail trade19%
Construction17%
Admin & support16%
Manufacturing13%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,004
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $46.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+610
International migration+75
Natural change−862
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$808.7M2019
$811.4M2020
$881.1M2021
$900.1M2022
$954.8M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.8k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$750/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
15.6%±2.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
8 units · 0.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 85Avalanche 64Winter weather 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1522016
1482017
1492018
1562019
1582020
1682021
1972022
2072023
2112024
2462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 14% since 202172021
32022
32023
12024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.3 km
I-68
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
CSXT
Nearest port
29.9 km
MORGANTOWN INDUSTRIAL PARK
Nearest commercial airport
28.9 km
MORGANTOWN MUNI/WALTER L BILL HART FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Preston?
Preston's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.