County profile
Taylor County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1976 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$853.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,611
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
223
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,287
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$5.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±3.4%
Poverty rate
13.9%±2.8%
Business applications
118 · 2025
Retail establishments
35
21.2/10k 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 care40%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation11%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,287
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $54.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−32
International migration−4
Natural change−362
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$547.4M2019
$585.8M2020
$663.2M2021
$800.3M2022
$791.4M2023
$853.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$148.8k±$17.3k
Median gross rent
$835/mo±$280/mo
Vacancy rate
11.2%±3.0%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$953/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 83Hurricane 45Hail 45
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1332016
1292017
1352018
1352019
1482020
1582021
1712022
1872023
1802024
1942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.8 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
20.3 km
MARION DOCKS, HOULT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
16.2 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Taylor?
Taylor's economy produced $853.9M in 2024, growing 7.9% 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.