County profile
Waldo County, ME
United States · GDP 2024
#1284 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,273
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,003
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,693
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$72.8k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
34.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
12.0%±1.6%
Business applications
387 · 2025
Retail establishments
154
37.9/10k 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
Retail trade28%
Health care25%
Manufacturing16%
Information11%
Construction10%
Finance & insurance10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,693
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $59.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,895
International migration+49
Natural change−937
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.9B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$257.7k±$10.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
21.5%±1.5%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$46.1M
167 units · 4.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
40.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 96Ice storm 90Hurricane 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
1972017
2072018
2252019
2312020
2632021
3192022
3492023
3682024
3942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 19% since 20211402021
1332022
1802023
1452024
1672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
BML
Nearest port
17.6 km
Searsport, ME
Nearest commercial airport
42.3 km
BANGOR INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,210,622 short tons/yr · Searsport, ME
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Waldo?
Waldo's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% of 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.