County profile
Wayne County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1598 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,343
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
434
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
37,309
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$6.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
14.6%±2.5%
Business applications
239 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
22.7/10k 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 care44%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation9%
Transportation7%
Management6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
37,309
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−407
International migration+53
Natural change−1,225
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.1k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$915/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
13.7%±2.3%
Affordability
2.2× wages
Residential permits
$4.9M
61 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 95Heat wave 91Wildfire 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1642016
1672017
1752018
1732019
1782020
1912021
2072022
2012023
2322024
2502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 2021712021
652022
622023
682024
612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-64
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
NS
Nearest port
22.1 km
Redbud South
Nearest commercial airport
27.3 km
TRI-STATE/MILTON J FERGUSON FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wayne?
Wayne's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 7.3% 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.