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Preston

United States · GDP 2024
#1832 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
GDP growth
+6.0%
Jobs tracked
5,012
Employers
509
Avg. wage
$50.9k
Population
34,004
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$61.9k±$4.7k
Business applications
262 · 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
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
$808.7M
2019
$811.4M
2020
$881.1M
2021
$900.1M
2022
$954.8M
2023
$1.0B
2024

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
8 (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
152
2016
148
2017
149
2018
156
2019
158
2020
168
2021
197
2022
207
2023
211
2024
246
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Langlade$1.0BNodaway$1.0BConway$1.0BMcLean$1.0BLamb$1.0BGilpin$1.0B
The read

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.
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