County profile
Monroe County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#511 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
37,134
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,154
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
80,406
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$87.7k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
38.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
10.6%±1.5%
Business applications
2,333 · 2025
Retail establishments
606
73.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation55%
Retail trade20%
Construction8%
Health care8%
Admin & support5%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
80,406
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $147.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−6,210
International migration+4,060
Natural change−338
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.5B2019
$5.3B2020
$6.2B2021
$7.0B2022
$7.8B2023
$8.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$780.6k±$26.8k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$108/mo
Vacancy rate
37.3%±1.3%
Affordability
13.8× wages
Residential permits
$199.5M
279 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 99Hurricane 98Lightning 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7942016
8272017
8712018
9232019
9592020
10982021
13662022
14792023
15122024
15442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -46% since 20215152021
3622022
6522023
3342024
2792025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
99.1 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
66.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
72.4 km
PortMiami, FL
Nearest commercial airport
61.4 km
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Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $8.3B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.