County profile
Aroostook County, ME
United States · GDP 2024
#867 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,837
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,903
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,609
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$56.7k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
23.4%±1.3%
Poverty rate
14.4%±1.2%
Business applications
504 · 2025
Retail establishments
321
48.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Katahdin Bankshares Corp.Financial Services$62.0M49DHQ-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 care34%
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation10%
Finance & insurance6%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,609
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $58.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,714
International migration+344
Natural change−2,539
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$149.7k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
22.2%±1.2%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$17.6M
64 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Cold wave 98Hurricane 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2022016
2042017
2152018
2142019
2252020
2502021
2912022
3292023
3432024
3722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 2021792021
702022
1252023
822024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
69.4 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
9.4 km
MNR
Nearest port
208.4 km
BARRETT PAVING MATERIALS BANGOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
42.1 km
PRESQUE ISLE INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Aroostook?
Aroostook's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 6.8% 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.