County profile
Clearwater County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#2437 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$474.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,939
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
246
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,118
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
17.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
13.2%±2.1%
Business applications
94 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
33.9/10k 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
Health care35%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade14%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,118
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $47.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+728
International migration+12
Natural change−371
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$358.4M2019
$372.0M2020
$418.2M2021
$487.7M2022
$480.9M2023
$474.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$268.2k±$29.3k
Median gross rent
$875/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
21.4%±2.6%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$5.6M
38 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
46.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 97Wildfire 96Avalanche 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1972016
2252017
2362018
2632019
2772020
3202021
3922022
4342023
4312024
4482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 58% since 2021242021
382022
452023
462024
382025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.2 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
44.8 km
BGCM
Nearest port
106.7 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
108.9 km
LEWISTON/NEZ PERCE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clearwater?
Clearwater's economy produced $474.1M in 2024, contracting 1.4% year over year — slower than 84% of 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.