County profile
Wood County, WV
United States · GDP 2024
#737 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,785
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,901
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
82,385
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±1.3%
Poverty rate
14.7%±1.2%
Business applications
746 · 2025
Retail establishments
336
40.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Kronos Advanced Technologies Inc.Industrials———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 care33%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing12%
Other services7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
82,385
residents · 2025 · -2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+204
International migration+123
Natural change−2,092
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.6B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.3B2022
$4.5B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$158.5k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$822/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.3%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$17.1M
87 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$928/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 87Lightning 76Ice storm 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2672016
2712017
2832018
2852019
2992020
3212021
3612022
3862023
3942024
4142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021962021
552022
842023
1242024
872025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.4 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
BIP
Nearest port
4.2 km
ATLAS TOWING CO., PARKERSBURG DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
16.4 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wood?
Wood's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.