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Santa Cruz

United States · GDP 2024
#1019 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
GDP growth
+4.6%
Jobs tracked
11,201
Employers
1,129
Avg. wage
$57.0k
Population
50,020
Labor & formation
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$55.2k±$4.1k
Business applications
599 · 2025

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
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
$2.0B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$2.3B
2021
$2.5B
2022
$2.7B
2023
$2.8B
2024

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
353 (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
149
2016
156
2017
163
2018
179
2019
188
2020
220
2021
263
2022
270
2023
288
2024
286
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Shelby$2.8BDouglas$2.8BCreek$2.9BFranklin$2.9BPontotoc$2.8BDouglas$2.9B
The read

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.
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