County profile
Contra Costa County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#58 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$96.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
343,690
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
25,932
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$83.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,170,070
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$127.2k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
45.2%±0.6%
Poverty rate
8.4%±0.4%
Business applications
14,264 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,357
20.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Cooper Companies, Inc.Healthcare$4.1B86A2Advantage Solutions Inc.Communication Services$3.5B52D3Central Garden & Pet CompanyConsumer Defensive$3.1B71B4Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc.Healthcare$2.6B84B+5Five9, Inc.Technology$1.1B73B6PHI Group, Inc.Industrials$674.4M——7Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.Technology$411.8M67B8Cerus CorporationHealthcare$233.8M74B9Mechanics BankFinancial Services$49.7M46D10MacKenzie Realty Capital, Inc.Real Estate$22.1M25D11Redwood Group International, Inc.Financial Services$3.8M——12BayCom CorpFinancial Services———13Social Detention, Inc.Industrials———14Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare———15Black Hawk Acquisition CorporationFinancial Services———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 care29%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation16%
Professional services13%
Construction12%
Admin & support12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,170,070
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $108.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−43,608
International migration+32,525
Natural change+13,907
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$81.9B2019
$73.0B2020
$84.9B2021
$92.3B2022
$95.2B2023
$96.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$866.8k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$2.4k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
3.5%±0.3%
Affordability
10.3× wages
Residential permits
$420.6M
1,163 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Landslide 99Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
12602016
13552017
14502018
14812019
14972020
17022021
19502022
19172023
19542024
19542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -70% since 20213,9012021
1,7942022
2,0332023
2,1552024
1,1632025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.2 km
I-680
Nearest freight rail
11.2 km
UP
Nearest port
13.7 km
USS - POSCO INDUSTRIES PITTSBURG WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
13.7 km
BUCHANAN FLD
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):25,750,154 short tons/yr · Richmond, CA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR11 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$83.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Contra Costa?
Contra Costa's economy produced $96.6B in 2024, growing 1.5% year over year — slower than 74% 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.