County profile
Okaloosa County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#272 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
64,766
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,011
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
221,810
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$82.0k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
34.8%±1.3%
Poverty rate
9.3%±0.9%
Business applications
4,082 · 2025
Retail establishments
865
39.3/10k 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 & accommodation25%
Retail trade24%
Health care21%
Professional services16%
Other services7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
221,810
residents · 2025 · +4.6% since 2020
Income per capita $66.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,341
International migration+6,570
Natural change+1,673
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$13.0B2019
$13.7B2020
$15.4B2021
$16.9B2022
$18.2B2023
$19.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$351.2k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$44/mo
Vacancy rate
17.8%±0.9%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$324.6M
1,057 units · 4.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
92.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 99Hurricane 98Tornado 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3852016
4142017
4362018
4702019
5032020
5792021
6852022
7202023
7352024
7382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 20211,3512021
1,4742022
2,8022023
1,2682024
1,0572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
FGA
Nearest port
21.2 km
VULCAN MATERIALS COMPANY
Nearest commercial airport
23.9 km
EGLIN AFB/DESTIN-FT WALTON BEACH
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Okaloosa?
Okaloosa's economy produced $19.0B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.