County profile
Dorchester County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#1366 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,537
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
687
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,628
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
17.1%±2.2%
Business applications
449 · 2025
Retail establishments
90
27.1/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation16%
Retail trade15%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,628
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $60.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,420
International migration+124
Natural change−459
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$262.4k±$12.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$82/mo
Vacancy rate
17.6%±2.4%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$15.5M
64 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Coastal flooding 91Hurricane 85Wildfire 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2692017
2762018
2932019
2972020
3402021
3882022
4102023
4602024
4732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -7% since 2021692021
742022
692023
792024
642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.5 km
I-595
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
MDDE
Nearest port
17.2 km
NRG VIENNA GENERATING STATION VIENNA MD
Nearest commercial airport
47.1 km
SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.3k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dorchester?
Dorchester's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 8.0% year over year — faster than most 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.