County profile
Ada County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#130 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$45.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
243,004
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
17,028
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$65.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
546,141
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$91.5k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
44.6%±0.9%
Poverty rate
8.3%±0.6%
Business applications
10,169 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,614
30.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Albertsons Companies, Inc.Consumer Defensive$83.2B62C2Micron Technology, Inc.Technology$37.4B84B+3Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$6.5B——4Boise Cascade CompanyBasic Materials$6.4B74B5IDACORP, Inc.Utilities$1.7B70B6The Pennant Group, Inc.Healthcare$947.7M73B7Clearwater Analytics Holdings, Inc.Technology$731.4M59C8Correlate Energy Corp.Industrials$7.6M——9RxElite, Inc.Healthcare$2.8M——10Idaho Copper CorporationBasic Materials$609.2k24D11Thunder Mountain Gold, Inc.Basic Materials$300.0k33D12Greenlit Ventures, Inc.Communication Services$82.4k25D13Perpetua Resources Corp.Basic Materials———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 care28%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction13%
Professional services12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
546,141
residents · 2025 · +9.6% since 2020
Income per capita $76.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+35,565
International migration+6,943
Natural change+5,909
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$30.0B2019
$30.8B2020
$34.6B2021
$39.3B2022
$42.1B2023
$45.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$512.3k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
4.2%±0.4%
Affordability
7.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.5B
5,221 units · 9.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Wildfire 98Heat wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5992016
6692017
7612018
8552019
9332020
11612021
13382022
12922023
13452024
13812025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -30% since 20217,4872021
6,5302022
6,0892023
5,1372024
5,2212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.1 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
UP
Nearest port
335.6 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
12.6 km
BOISE AIR TRML/GOWEN FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR18 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$65.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ada?
Ada's economy produced $45.5B in 2024, growing 7.9% 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.