County profile
Wirt County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#3065 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 2% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$92.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
473
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
52
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,879
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$49.9k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
15.5%±4.7%
Poverty rate
16.8%±5.1%
Business applications
49 · 2025
Retail establishments
9
18.3/10k 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 care49%
Retail trade33%
Construction9%
Finance & insurance5%
Other services2%
Professional services1%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,879
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $46.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−133
International migration+0
Natural change−167
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$68.8M2019
$70.3M2020
$97.8M2021
$82.2M2022
$100.0M2023
$92.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.8k±$15.1k
Median gross rent
$558/mo±$120/mo
Vacancy rate
25.1%±4.7%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.8M
12 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
9.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$928/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 81Hurricane 30Drought 26
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 2021132021
112022
122023
142024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.9 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
26.5 km
BIP
Nearest port
27.8 km
ATLAS TOWING CO., PARKERSBURG DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
36.1 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.3k
avg. annual pay · +37% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Wirt?
Wirt's economy produced $92.8M in 2024, contracting 7.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.