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Wetzel

United States · GDP 2024
#1582 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
GDP growth
+3.3%
Jobs tracked
3,890
Employers
308
Avg. wage
$46.1k
Population
13,734
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$5.6k
Business applications
87 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care26%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing23%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,734
residents · 2025 · -4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $49.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−253
International migration+44
Natural change−456

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$601.1M
2019
$756.9M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.6B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$107.9k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$688/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.9%
Affordability
2.3× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
56.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$937/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hurricane 51Lightning 44
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
148
2016
151
2017
159
2018
151
2019
155
2020
167
2021
176
2022
209
2023
210
2024
250
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.9 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
19.8 km
MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, NEW MARTINSVILLE YARD DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
49.3 km
NORTH CENTRAL WEST VIRGINIA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Jackson$1.4BNew Madrid$1.4BLee$1.4BJefferson$1.4BCrisp$1.4BHardin$1.4B
The read

Wetzel's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 61% 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.
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