County profile
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, AK*
United States · GDP 2024
#2709 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$294.0M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
991
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
175
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,777
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.4%
Median HH income
$61.2k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
14.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%±2.5%
Business applications
54 · 2025
Retail establishments
21
36.6/10k 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 trade29%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing13%
Transportation11%
Utilities8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,777
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $57.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+47
International migration+20
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$269.9M2019
$256.5M2020
$270.9M2021
$295.0M2022
$299.3M2023
$294.0M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$225.3k±$21.9k
Median gross rent
$964/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
25.6%±2.3%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
1.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 94Volcanic 91Earthquake 43
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
62022
22023
22024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
906.4 km
I-2
Nearest freight rail
32.0 km
ARR
Nearest port
28.7 km
KLAWOCK LUMBER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.7 km
KLAWOCK
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area?
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area's economy produced $294.0M in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% 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.