Places/CA/Ventura County, CA
County profile

Ventura County, CA

United States · GDP 2024
#79 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$69.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
273,697
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
22,992
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$67.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
830,851
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$109.8k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
36.1%±0.6%
Poverty rate
9.3%±0.4%
Business applications
8,703 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,552
30.6/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing14%
Professional services12%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
830,851
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $82.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration30,881
International migration+9,104
Natural change+8,447

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$53.6B
2019
$53.9B
2020
$58.5B
2021
$62.5B
2022
$65.5B
2023
$69.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$822.7k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$2.3k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±0.4%
Affordability
12.1× wages
Residential permits
$383.2M
1,609 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
99.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 100Earthquake 100Landslide 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
1333
2016
1405
2017
1466
2018
1509
2019
1543
2020
1719
2021
1983
2022
2063
2023
2181
2024
2224
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
9% since 2021
1,477
2021
1,368
2022
1,163
2023
1,648
2024
1,609
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
11.0 km
SERA
Nearest port
28.3 km
R J MARINE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
30.4 km
OXNARD
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,825,732 short tons/yr · Oxnard Harbor District, CA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$67.8k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Ventura?

Ventura's economy produced $69.6B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over yearfaster 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.