County profile
Bethel Census Area, AK
United States · GDP 2024
#1998 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 11% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$837.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,523
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
215
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,391
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
10.5%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
12.8%±2.1%
Poverty rate
25.6%±2.5%
Business applications
44 · 2025
Retail establishments
51
27.8/10k 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
Retail trade45%
Health care25%
Transportation17%
Information5%
Admin & support4%
Food & accommodation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,391
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,683
International migration+153
Natural change+1,228
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$737.1M2019
$731.1M2020
$731.4M2021
$768.6M2022
$819.1M2023
$837.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.1k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$103/mo
Vacancy rate
19.7%±1.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$2.5M
8 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Winter weather 90Wildfire 84
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -60% since 2021202021
142022
452023
1522024
82025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
481.7 km
I-1
Nearest freight rail
533.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
54.2 km
LOWER KALSAG VILLAGE
Nearest commercial airport
56.7 km
TULUKSAK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bethel Census Area?
Bethel Census Area's economy produced $837.1M in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.