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Merced

United States · GDP 2024
#355 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.3B
GDP growth
+9.2%
Jobs tracked
49,545
Employers
3,592
Avg. wage
$53.1k
Population
297,260
Labor & formation
Unemployment
8.8%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$2.3k
Business applications
2,212 · 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
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade23%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction9%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
297,260
residents · 2025 · +5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,932
International migration+4,540
Natural change+7,910

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$9.5B
2019
$9.6B
2020
$10.6B
2021
$11.8B
2022
$12.2B
2023
$13.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$391.8k±$5.6k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±0.6%
Affordability
7.4× wages
Residential permits
780 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 100Earthquake 99Heat wave 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
695
2016
761
2017
827
2018
869
2019
898
2020
1053
2021
1223
2022
1222
2023
1298
2024
1309
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.9 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
18.5 km
CFNR
Nearest port
99.2 km
COLBERG EDISON WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
20.8 km
MERCED YOSEMITE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Scott$13.3BCherokee$13.3BYakima$13.3BLackawanna$13.4BBaldwin$13.4BUnion$13.1B
The read

Merced's economy produced $13.3B in 2024, growing 9.2% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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