County profile
Highlands County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#836 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
22,996
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,138
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
111,122
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.6%
Median HH income
$54.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
15.3%±1.4%
Business applications
1,773 · 2025
Retail establishments
329
29.9/10k 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%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation17%
Admin & support10%
Construction9%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
111,122
residents · 2025 · +9.7% since 2020
Income per capita $46.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,870
International migration+1,926
Natural change−5,088
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.6B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$187.9k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
20.0%±1.3%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$183.1M
768 units · 6.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Hurricane 96Lightning 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2132016
2322017
2552018
2702019
2892020
3432021
4192022
4722023
4832024
5002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 19% since 20216442021
6632022
7122023
9802024
7682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
SCXF
Nearest port
85.1 km
PUNTA GORDA MUNI PIER
Nearest commercial airport
79.7 km
PUNTA GORDA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Highlands?
Highlands's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster 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.