County profile
Webster County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#2927 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 5% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$179.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,030
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,760
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$43.8k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
12.9%±2.9%
Poverty rate
23.3%±5.1%
Business applications
50 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
29.0/10k 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 care51%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation5%
Transportation5%
Agriculture4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,760
residents · 2025 · -7.1% since 2020
Income per capita $35.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−211
International migration−2
Natural change−384
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$167.6M2019
$166.3M2020
$160.9M2021
$167.7M2022
$178.7M2023
$179.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$76.1k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$709/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
33.9%±4.1%
Affordability
1.8× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$869/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Avalanche 73Cold wave 62
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.8 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
AO
Nearest port
84.8 km
ELKHEM METALS CO., ALLOY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
70.8 km
GREENBRIER VALLEY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Webster?
Webster's economy produced $179.2M in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% 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.