County profile
Glades County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#2469 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$447.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,250
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
134
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
13,270
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$45.9k±$9.9k
Bachelor's degree+
13.4%±3.4%
Poverty rate
17.2%±4.4%
Business applications
164 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
15.2/10k 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
Admin & support31%
Manufacturing19%
Agriculture14%
Retail trade14%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
13,270
residents · 2025 · +9.9% since 2020
Income per capita $34.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,342
International migration+277
Natural change−445
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$330.6M2019
$326.7M2020
$341.8M2021
$407.7M2022
$408.6M2023
$447.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$137.0k±$17.5k
Median gross rent
$886/mo±$188/mo
Vacancy rate
32.7%±4.7%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$22.2M
108 units · 8.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
48.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 88Hurricane 88Lightning 85
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 4% since 20211042021
1242022
502023
652024
1082025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
66.9 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
SCXF
Nearest port
75.2 km
Port of Palm Beach District, FL
Nearest commercial airport
73.0 km
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.8k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Glades?
Glades's economy produced $447.3M in 2024, growing 9.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is admin & support.
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.