County profile
Calaveras County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#1242 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,149
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
986
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,605
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$78.6k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.0%±1.8%
Business applications
406 · 2025
Retail establishments
135
29.0/10k 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 care26%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation21%
Construction15%
Manufacturing7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,605
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $64.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,228
International migration+102
Natural change−1,039
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$457.2k±$13.1k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$146/mo
Vacancy rate
33.4%±2.3%
Affordability
8.8× wages
Residential permits
$32.0M
72 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 99Drought 98Landslide 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3432016
3742017
3942018
4132019
4262020
4832021
5532022
5432023
5642024
5582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 20211302021
1532022
1232023
722024
722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
71.1 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
27.7 km
AFR
Nearest port
70.8 km
Stockton, CA
Nearest commercial airport
69.0 km
STOCKTON METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Calaveras?
Calaveras's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 7.8% year over year — faster than most 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.