County profile
Wetzel County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#1582 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,890
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
308
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,734
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$56.8k±$5.6k
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%±2.8%
Poverty rate
16.0%±3.9%
Business applications
87 · 2025
Retail establishments
61
44.2/10k 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 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
$601.1M2019
$756.9M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
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
$850.0k
2 units · 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
1482016
1512017
1592018
1512019
1552020
1672021
1762022
2092023
2102024
2502025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 202152021
02022
12023
02024
22025
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 GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Wetzel?
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.