Places/AK*/Petersburg Borough, AK*
County profile

Petersburg Borough, AK*

United States · GDP 2024
#2875 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$216.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
912
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
188
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,394
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$75.1k±$14.5k
Bachelor's degree+
25.8%±4.8%
Poverty rate
7.0%±1.9%
Business applications
45 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
76.1/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care25%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing24%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services9%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
3,394
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $82.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration77
International migration+70
Natural change+7

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$181.9M
2019
$178.1M
2020
$194.6M
2021
$189.6M
2022
$221.0M
2023
$216.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.1k±$23.0k
Median gross rent
$950/mo±$151/mo
Vacancy rate
26.4%±2.9%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
6 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Avalanche 93Volcanic 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20112021
131
2011
139
2012
133
2013
140
2014
144
2015
151
2016
161
2017
171
2019
175
2020
190
2021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
0% since 2021
6
2021
4
2022
7
2023
4
2024
6
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
782.2 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
13.2 km
ARR
Nearest port
33.7 km
PETERSBURG FISHERIES
Nearest commercial airport
35.3 km
PETERSBURG JAMES A JOHNSON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Petersburg Borough?

Petersburg Borough's economy produced $216.5M in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over yearslower than 85% 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.