County profile
Madera County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#490 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
30,472
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,366
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
167,927
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.4%
Median HH income
$76.6k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
17.9%±1.1%
Poverty rate
19.2%±1.7%
Business applications
1,459 · 2025
Retail establishments
346
20.8/10k 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 trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Agriculture14%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
167,927
residents · 2025 · +7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,049
International migration+1,590
Natural change+4,000
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.4B2019
$6.5B2020
$7.3B2021
$7.5B2022
$8.1B2023
$8.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$393.2k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
11.0%±1.2%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$473.7M
1,247 units · 7.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Wildfire 99Landslide 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5962016
6392017
6912018
7282019
7612020
8782021
10362022
10582023
11252024
11392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 17% since 20211,0662021
9662022
1,1092023
1,3432024
1,2472025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
98.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
34.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
158.4 km
COLBERG EDISON WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
49.3 km
FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Madera?
Madera's economy produced $8.8B in 2024, growing 9.5% 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.