County profile
Franklin County, ME
United States · GDP 2024
#1512 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,625
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
878
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,824
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
32.0%±2.6%
Poverty rate
12.2%±1.7%
Business applications
258 · 2025
Retail establishments
166
53.8/10k 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
Retail trade27%
Food & accommodation25%
Health care24%
Manufacturing11%
Construction8%
Arts & recreation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,824
residents · 2025 · +4.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,113
International migration+129
Natural change−854
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$194.7k±$10.9k
Median gross rent
$802/mo±$102/mo
Vacancy rate
40.3%±1.5%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$55.2M
184 units · 6.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 90Winter weather 88Hurricane 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1542016
1562017
1632018
1762019
1832020
2182021
2592022
2802023
3172024
3142025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -14% since 20212142021
2342022
1502023
1692024
1842025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
76.0 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
44.6 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
128.5 km
Bath Iron Works Corp., Pier No. 1.
Nearest commercial airport
88.8 km
AUGUSTA STATE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Franklin?
Franklin's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.