County profile
Santa Rosa County, FL
United States · GDP 2024
#529 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
32,335
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,442
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
211,115
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$91.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
32.0%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.8%±1.0%
Business applications
3,306 · 2025
Retail establishments
414
20.0/10k 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 trade29%
Food & accommodation24%
Health care18%
Admin & support12%
Construction10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
211,115
residents · 2025 · +11.7% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+20,958
International migration+1,077
Natural change+14
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.1B2019
$5.3B2020
$6.0B2021
$6.7B2022
$7.4B2023
$7.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$329.8k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±1.1%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
$456.0M
1,929 units · 9.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 97Lightning 95Tornado 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3472016
3732017
4082018
4372019
4602020
5382021
6392022
6782023
7002024
7052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -8% since 20212,0912021
1,5302022
1,7742023
1,9832024
1,9292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.4 km
I-10
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
10.6 km
BAGDAD FL MILL SITE
Nearest commercial airport
29.7 km
PENSACOLA INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Santa Rosa?
Santa Rosa's economy produced $7.9B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most 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.