County profile
Jerome County, ID
United States · GDP 2024
#1278 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+13.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,685
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
634
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,362
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$71.7k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
14.0%±2.2%
Poverty rate
12.6%±2.7%
Business applications
305 · 2025
Retail establishments
81
30.8/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Retail trade17%
Transportation16%
Construction13%
Wholesale trade9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,362
residents · 2025 · +8.6% since 2020
Income per capita $49.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+459
International migration+930
Natural change+698
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.8k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$966/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
6.0%±2.6%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$35.2M
143 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 90Winter weather 86Heat wave 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2112016
2212017
2472018
2682019
2872020
3602021
4492022
4462023
4552024
5252025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -15% since 20211692021
872022
752023
992024
1432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.8 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
5.8 km
EIRR
Nearest port
468.1 km
LEWISTON IDAHO
Nearest commercial airport
29.5 km
JOSLIN FLD/MAGIC VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jerome?
Jerome's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 13.6% year over year — faster than 96% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.