County profile
Cecil County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#573 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,700
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,776
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
107,131
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$92.0k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
28.0%±1.6%
Poverty rate
10.8%±1.4%
Business applications
982 · 2025
Retail establishments
226
21.2/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Transportation18%
Health care17%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
107,131
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $61.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,776
International migration+590
Natural change−56
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.0B2019
$5.1B2020
$5.6B2021
$6.4B2022
$7.1B2023
$7.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$343.4k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±1.1%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$36.9M
142 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
58.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Winter weather 87Strong wind 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3972016
4032017
4192018
4362019
4512020
4992021
5592022
5992023
6372024
6782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -61% since 20213662021
2412022
2282023
5612024
1422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.6 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
2.6 km
AMTK
Nearest port
12.3 km
HAVRE DE GRACE MD
Nearest commercial airport
31.2 km
NEW CASTLE
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cecil?
Cecil's economy produced $7.2B in 2024, growing 1.4% year over year — slower than 74% 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.