County profile
Santa Cruz County, AZ
United States · GDP 2024
#1019 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,201
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,129
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,020
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.5%
Median HH income
$55.2k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
23.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
20.2%±2.7%
Business applications
599 · 2025
Retail establishments
154
30.9/10k 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
Wholesale trade24%
Retail trade22%
Transportation18%
Food & accommodation16%
Health care15%
Manufacturing5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,020
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−83
International migration+1,495
Natural change+887
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.7B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$233.0k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$829/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
11.8%±1.7%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$87.7M
353 units · 7.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 99Wildfire 98Lightning 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1492016
1562017
1632018
1792019
1882020
2202021
2632022
2702023
2882024
2862025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 24% since 20212852021
3292022
3152023
3382024
3532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.5 km
I-19
Nearest freight rail
13.9 km
UP
Nearest port
602.5 km
MARINE GROUP BOAT WORKS SHIPYARD
Nearest commercial airport
66.4 km
TUCSON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Santa Cruz?
Santa Cruz's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale 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.