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Wayne County, NC

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2026
Market Intelligence › Goldsboro, NC › Wayne County

Wayne County, North Carolina, a core county of the Goldsboro, NC market, holds $2.1B in deposits across 10 insured institutions and 22 branches. Truist Bank is the largest deposit holder at 24.5% share. The top three banks hold 66% of deposits, which places the county in the Concentrated band. Deposits have grown 0.0% since 2021 while the branch count fell by 8.3%. It produced $5.2B of real gross domestic product in 2024, ranking #581 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$5.2B
#581 of 1,523
Population
122,278
#526 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$42,660
#815 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/26)
$2.1B
#641 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$17,387
#1,079 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$97M
#678 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
10
#732 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
18.0
#1,139 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$108M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #854 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
39.9%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,193 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Concentrated
66%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2021 to 2026)0.0% over 5 years
$2.1B
2021
$2.3B
2022
$2.3B
2023
$2.2B
2024
$2.0B
2025
$2.1B
2026

Branches: 24 in 2021 to 22 in 2026. Institutions: 10 to 10. Top-three share: 71% to 66%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Truist Bank$520M24.5%3-37%
Southern Bank and Trust Company$510M24.0%5+50%
Wells Fargo Bank$373M17.5%3+9%
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company$299M14.0%2+38%
KS Bank, Inc.$111M5.2%1+40%
First Bank$105M4.9%1+10%
PNC Bank$85M4.0%1-6%
United Bank$61M2.8%2+16%
First National Bank of Pennsylvania$45M2.1%1-36%
Woodforest National Bank$17M0.8%3+33%

The 10 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2026. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2021 and 2026. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2021 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Goldsboro market

Wayne County is the only county in the Goldsboro, NC market, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (ranked #267 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 100.0% of the market’s output and holds 100.0% of its deposits.

MeasureWayne CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$5.2B100.0%
Deposits$2.1B100.0%
Population122,278100.0%

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