County profile
Allegany County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#885 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,366
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,430
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,848
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$59.6k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±1.2%
Poverty rate
16.9%±1.9%
Business applications
459 · 2025
Retail establishments
246
36.7/10k 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 care34%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing12%
Other services7%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,848
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+852
International migration+123
Natural change−2,104
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.2B2019
$3.1B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.9k±$4.0k
Median gross rent
$805/mo±$41/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±1.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$10.8M
35 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Strong wind 74Winter weather 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2322016
2412017
2382018
2472019
2572020
2782021
3152022
3362023
3612024
3732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -3% since 2021362021
242022
192023
592024
352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.5 km
I-68
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
105.7 km
ALLEGHENY ENERGY SUPPLY, FORT MARTIN POWER STATION DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
78.3 km
JOHN MURTHA JOHNSTOWN/CAMBRIA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Allegany?
Allegany's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.