County profile
Roane County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2599 of 3,127 US counties by GDP29th-percentile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$366.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,995
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
215
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,317
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$45.8k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±2.5%
Poverty rate
19.1%±4.5%
Business applications
115 · 2025
Retail establishments
37
27.4/10k 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
Health care38%
Retail trade27%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation9%
Mining & energy7%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,317
residents · 2025 · -4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $43.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−67
International migration+2
Natural change−604
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$315.5M2019
$316.0M2020
$320.1M2021
$354.5M2022
$359.5M2023
$366.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$122.1k±$11.5k
Median gross rent
$614/mo±$121/mo
Vacancy rate
20.2%±3.0%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$3.0M
21 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Ice storm 58Hurricane 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
1252015
1342016
1422017
1422018
1472019
1462020
1492021
1672022
1882023
2072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 2000% since 202112021
02022
272023
212024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
17.5 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
33.6 km
ELKR
Nearest port
44.6 km
ETOWAH RIVER TERMINAL, ETOWAH DOCK, ELK RIVER (CWIS 88833)
Nearest commercial airport
43.3 km
WEST VIRGINIA INTL YEAGER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.1k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Roane?
Roane's economy produced $366.5M in 2024, growing 1.9% year over year — slower than 71% of 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.