County profile
Washington County, ME
United States · GDP 2024
#1531 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,475
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
845
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,334
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$56.0k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
24.7%±1.3%
Poverty rate
17.1%±1.4%
Business applications
252 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
42.3/10k 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
Health care30%
Retail trade29%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation8%
Wholesale trade7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,334
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,467
International migration+134
Natural change−1,375
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.8k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
34.7%±1.2%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$29.3M
107 units · 3.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Ice storm 93Hurricane 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1492016
1562017
1662018
1652019
1732020
2032021
2482022
2722023
2802024
2982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 102% since 2021532021
762022
662023
972024
1072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
83.4 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
23.3 km
CSXT
Nearest port
51.5 km
ESTES HEAD CARGO TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
85.8 km
HANCOCK COUNTY/BAR HARBOR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.