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 · 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 care25%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing24%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services9%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,394
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $82.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−77
International migration+70
Natural change+7
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$181.9M2019
$178.1M2020
$194.6M2021
$189.6M2022
$221.0M2023
$216.5M2024
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 · 2011–2021
1312011
1392012
1332013
1402014
1442015
1512016
1612017
1712019
1752020
1902021
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ 0% since 202162021
42022
72023
42024
62025
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 · 2019–2023$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Petersburg Borough?
Petersburg Borough's economy produced $216.5M in 2024, contracting 2.0% year over year — slower 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.