County profile
Putnam County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#833 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,036
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,248
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$61.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
56,885
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$79.5k±$6.1k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
10.6%±2.1%
Business applications
511 · 2025
Retail establishments
168
29.5/10k 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
Manufacturing23%
Construction19%
Health care19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
56,885
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $61.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+322
International migration+134
Natural change−1,013
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$223.3k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$952/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±1.3%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$22.6M
118 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
74.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Heat wave 84Ice storm 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2112017
2142018
2172019
2242020
2402021
2642022
2922023
3062024
3212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -11% since 20211322021
952022
1032023
4022024
1182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.0 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
KNWA
Nearest port
5.9 km
KANAWHA MANUFACTURING CO., BUFFALO PLANT ELEANOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
31.3 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$61.0k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 8.7% year over year — faster than most 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.