County profile
Baker County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#1806 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,203
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
461
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,737
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$79.8k±$10.2k
Bachelor's degree+
17.8%±3.7%
Poverty rate
11.8%±3.2%
Business applications
378 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
24.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Health care31%
Transportation21%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,737
residents · 2025 · +5.8% since 2020
Income per capita $47.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,097
International migration+257
Natural change+157
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$689.4M2019
$771.0M2020
$853.1M2021
$907.2M2022
$951.7M2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$256.7k±$21.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$140/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±3.4%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$40.1M
121 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 76Hurricane 74Heat wave 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1692016
1802017
1942018
2042019
2122020
2412021
3022022
3252023
3222024
3582025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 4% since 20211162021
2062022
742023
992024
1212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.7 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
8.8 km
FGA
Nearest port
59.9 km
Jacksonville, FL
Nearest commercial airport
60.0 km
JACKSONVILLE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.1k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Baker?
Baker's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 10.7% year over year — faster than 93% 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.