Places/ME/York County, ME
County profile

York County, ME

United States · GDP 2024
#346 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$13.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
56,640
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
5,914
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
222,434
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$88.3k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
36.2%±1.0%
Poverty rate
7.7%±0.7%
Business applications
2,600 · 2025
Retail establishments
822
37.2/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade24%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing18%
Construction9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
222,434
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $74.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+10,423
International migration+2,340
Natural change2,605

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$9.2B
2019
$9.5B
2020
$10.3B
2021
$11.5B
2022
$12.8B
2023
$13.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$395.7k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$51/mo
Vacancy rate
20.6%±0.8%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
$414.9M
1,473 units · 6.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 98Hurricane 92Coastal flooding 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
445
2016
471
2017
502
2018
526
2019
552
2020
631
2021
731
2022
827
2023
870
2024
920
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-8% since 2021
1,606
2021
1,592
2022
1,354
2023
1,408
2024
1,473
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.5 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
17.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
39.0 km
CLEAN HARBORS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES SOUTH PORTLAND WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
37.6 km
PORTLAND INTL JETPORT
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of York?

York's economy produced $13.6B in 2024, growing 6.8% year over yearfaster than most 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.