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Dorchester

United States · GDP 2024
#1366 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 38% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
GDP growth
+8.0%
Jobs tracked
9,537
Employers
687
Avg. wage
$50.3k
Population
33,628
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$61.8k±$4.4k
Business applications
449 · 2025

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
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
$1.3B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.7B
2023
$1.8B
2024

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
64 (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
254
2016
269
2017
276
2018
293
2019
297
2020
340
2021
388
2022
410
2023
460
2024
473
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Hood River$1.8BOtoe$1.8BGarrett$1.8BLincoln$1.8BCuster$1.8BHumboldt$1.8B
The read

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.
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