County profile
Summers County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2759 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$271.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,585
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
162
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,532
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$40.7k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.8%±4.4%
Poverty rate
23.8%±3.7%
Business applications
90 · 2025
Retail establishments
30
25.9/10k 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
Health care42%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction9%
Wholesale trade9%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,532
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $46.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+246
International migration−10
Natural change−631
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$226.6M2019
$228.7M2020
$233.7M2021
$256.1M2022
$277.7M2023
$271.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$140.1k±$16.6k
Median gross rent
$915/mo±$155/mo
Vacancy rate
28.5%±4.0%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
12 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 88Cold wave 76Avalanche 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1182016
1362017
1372018
1392019
1372020
1462021
1632022
1742023
1742024
1682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021132021
132022
182023
122024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.3 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
65.0 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.6 km
RALEIGH COUNTY MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.4k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Summers?
Summers's economy produced $271.2M in 2024, contracting 2.3% year over year — slower than 86% 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.