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San Mateo

United States · GDP 2024
#15 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$217.0B
GDP growth
+11.1%
Jobs tracked
477,938
Employers
21,569
Avg. wage
$174.3k
Population
743,568
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$158.9k±$2.9k
Business applications
10,625 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Meta Platforms, Inc.Communication Services$201.0B87A2Gilead Sciences, Inc.Healthcare$29.4B87A3Equinix, Inc.Real Estate$9.2B73B4Franklin Resources, Inc.Financial Services$8.8B69B5Electronic Arts Inc.Technology$7.5B82B+6Robert Half Inc.Industrials$5.4B61C7Roblox CorporationTechnology$4.9B53D8Robinhood Markets, Inc.Financial Services$4.5B67B9RingCentral, Inc.Technology$2.5B67B10Guidewire Software, Inc.Technology$1.2B76B+11Box, Inc.Technology$1.2B75B+12Upstart Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$1.0B54D13Freshworks Inc.Technology$838.8M68B14Corcept Therapeutics IncorporatedHealthcare$761.4M84B+15Qualys, Inc.Technology$669.1M82B+16GoPro, Inc.Technology$651.5M46D17QuinStreet, Inc.Communication Services$613.5M——18Exponent, Inc.Industrials$582.0M80B+19Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$521.3M64C20Veracyte, Inc.Healthcare$517.1M83B+21Life360, Inc.Technology$489.5M62C22Innoviva, Inc.Healthcare$411.3M84B+23CareDx, IncHealthcare$379.8M77B+24Twist Bioscience CorporationHealthcare$376.6M70B25Wealthfront CorporationTechnology$365.0M35D

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
Information35%
Professional services18%
Health care14%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation10%
Retail trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
743,568
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $179.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−64,201
International migration+34,506
Natural change+11,574

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$146.2B
2019
$152.7B
2020
$175.4B
2021
$176.5B
2022
$195.3B
2023
$217.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$1.6M±$16.2k
Median gross rent
$2.9k/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±0.4%
Affordability
8.9× wages
Residential permits
2,216 (3.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$3.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 100Landslide 100Drought 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1944
2016
2020
2017
2249
2018
2242
2019
2125
2020
2147
2021
2439
2022
2568
2023
2619
2024
2603
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.2 km
I-280
Nearest freight rail
10.9 km
JPBX
Nearest port
13.9 km
PORT OF REDWOOD CITY WHARF NO 5
Nearest commercial airport
22.0 km
SAN FRANCISCO INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):1,431,714 short tons/yr · Redwood City, CA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

485 filings from 97 companies here in the last 90 days.

10-QNurix Therapeutics, Inc.07-09
8-KNurix Therapeutics, Inc.07-09
8-KPacific Biosciences of California, Inc.07-09
8-KVera Therapeutics, Inc.07-09
8-KAlector, Inc.07-08
8-KGoPro, Inc.07-08
8-KOportun Financial Corporation07-07
8-KCareDx, Inc07-07
8-KVera Therapeutics, Inc.07-07
8-KVaxart, Inc.07-07
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$174.3k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Travis$202.7BClark$195.9BHennepin$193.6BMiddlesex$240.7BSuffolk$190.8BFulton$243.6B
The read

San Mateo's economy produced $217.0B in 2024, growing 11.1% year over year — faster than 93% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is information.

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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