County profile
Mendocino County, CA
United States · GDP 2024
#742 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
23,356
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,432
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
88,122
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$68.1k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
25.2%±1.4%
Poverty rate
15.4%±1.7%
Business applications
766 · 2025
Retail establishments
392
44.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Mendocino Brewing Company, Inc.Consumer Defensive$31.2M——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
Retail trade25%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation22%
Manufacturing16%
Construction8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
88,122
residents · 2025 · -3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $62.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−3,354
International migration+958
Natural change−892
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.7B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.1B2021
$4.2B2022
$4.4B2023
$4.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$512.2k±$19.8k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±1.5%
Affordability
9.9× wages
Residential permits
$339.0k
3 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
94.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Earthquake 98Wildfire 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
10882016
11642017
12312018
12532019
12962020
14512021
15692022
15172023
15802024
15902025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -98% since 20211872021
02022
172023
92024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
101.7 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
NWP
Nearest port
159.6 km
EUREKA FISHERIES FIELDS LANDING WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
114.9 km
CHARLES M SCHULZ/SONOMA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mendocino?
Mendocino's economy produced $4.7B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail 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.