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Sussex

United States · GDP 2024
#235 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$23.4B
GDP growth
+9.7%
Jobs tracked
78,541
Employers
6,411
Avg. wage
$52.8k
Population
277,140
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$81.5k±$1.5k
Business applications
6,877 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1NuVim, Inc.Consumer Defensive$60013D

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 care22%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing18%
Construction10%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
277,140
residents · 2025 · +16.1% since 2020
Income per capita $73.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+39,199
International migration+4,319
Natural change−5,184

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.5B
2019
$14.4B
2020
$16.2B
2021
$19.0B
2022
$21.3B
2023
$23.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$382.6k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
29.9%±0.7%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
3,885 (14.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 98Coastal flooding 98Hurricane 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
427
2016
443
2017
460
2018
482
2019
494
2020
554
2021
646
2022
679
2023
736
2024
775
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
104.5 km
I-595
Nearest freight rail
2.5 km
DCR
Nearest port
20.0 km
VULCAN MATERIALS SEAFORD, DE
Nearest commercial airport
37.2 km
SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$52.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Brazoria$23.4BDavis$23.3BStark$23.2BLeon$23.6BIngham$23.6BLane$23.6B
The read

Sussex's economy produced $23.4B in 2024, growing 9.7% year over year — faster than 90% of 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.
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