County profile
Upshur County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1807 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,101
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
513
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,758
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$54.3k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
19.2%±2.8%
Business applications
233 · 2025
Retail establishments
82
34.7/10k 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 care33%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction11%
Education7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,758
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+286
International migration+59
Natural change−403
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$778.0M2019
$750.8M2020
$810.4M2021
$898.4M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.8k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$886/mo±$98/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±2.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$5.1M
30 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$961/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Lightning 58Hurricane 48
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1982016
1932017
1932018
1842019
1992020
2062021
2382022
2492023
2912024
2882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 2021552021
452022
512023
622024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.6 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
AO
Nearest port
68.2 km
MARION DOCKS, HOULT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
44.4 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Upshur?
Upshur's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 4.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.