County profile
Ritchie County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2123 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$715.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,893
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
188
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,034
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$50.6k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
14.4%±3.3%
Poverty rate
21.6%±4.7%
Business applications
71 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
36.9/10k 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
Manufacturing45%
Mining & energy25%
Retail trade12%
Health care7%
Food & accommodation7%
Transportation3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,034
residents · 2025 · -4.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−119
International migration+19
Natural change−300
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$648.6M2019
$569.1M2020
$730.0M2021
$935.4M2022
$755.6M2023
$715.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.9k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$579/mo±$154/mo
Vacancy rate
18.8%±4.1%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
$9.4M
32 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hurricane 46Drought 35
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 39% since 2021232021
162022
192023
262024
322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.4 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
26.5 km
CSXT
Nearest port
26.7 km
ST. MARYS REFINING CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.4 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ritchie?
Ritchie's economy produced $715.8M in 2024, contracting 5.3% 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.