County profile
Okeechobee County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#1041 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,980
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
922
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,608
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$58.0k±$4.1k
Bachelor's degree+
15.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.8%
Business applications
683 · 2025
Retail establishments
135
31.9/10k 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
Retail trade33%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction10%
Other services8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,608
residents · 2025 · +7.4% since 2020
Income per capita $44.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,571
International migration+544
Natural change−211
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.9B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.8B2023
$2.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$193.0k±$12.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
18.6%±2.9%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$32.2M
88 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 94Strong wind 90Wildfire 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2002016
2232017
2552018
2662019
2862020
3162021
4052022
4152023
4732024
4672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 577% since 2021132021
262022
92023
182024
882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
44.4 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
12.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
56.5 km
INDIAN RIVER REFRIG TERM CO
Nearest commercial airport
52.5 km
TREASURE COAST INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Okeechobee?
Okeechobee's economy produced $2.8B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.