County profile
Piscataquis County, ME
United States · GDP 2024
#2061 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$765.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,041
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
465
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,409
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
21.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
15.5%±2.0%
Business applications
172 · 2025
Retail establishments
79
45.2/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care23%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
Admin & support4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,409
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,374
International migration+44
Natural change−815
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$576.0M2019
$659.3M2020
$716.4M2021
$788.2M2022
$803.1M2023
$765.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.2k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$837/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
42.9%±2.0%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$38.7M
140 units · 8.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
52.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 93Ice storm 92Winter weather 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1352016
1332017
1432018
1502019
1562020
1792021
2132022
2442023
2652024
2672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 233% since 2021422021
1252022
1102023
1082024
1402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
63.7 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
43.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
123.0 km
BARRETT PAVING MATERIALS BANGOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
119.6 km
BANGOR INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Piscataquis?
Piscataquis's economy produced $765.7M in 2024, contracting 4.7% year over year — slower than 90% 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.