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Harford

United States · GDP 2024
#287 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$17.9B
GDP growth
+5.0%
Jobs tracked
79,488
Employers
5,636
Avg. wage
$66.9k
Population
266,446
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$112.3k±$2.2k
Business applications
3,005 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1SFSB, Inc.Financial Services$4.1k——2Harford BankFinancial Services———

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 care20%
Professional services19%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction10%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
266,446
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $74.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,617
International migration+1,162
Natural change+556

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$13.9B
2019
$13.9B
2020
$15.0B
2021
$15.9B
2022
$17.1B
2023
$17.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$386.4k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
3.5%±0.5%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
715 (2.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
72.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Heat wave 91Hurricane 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
561
2016
566
2017
587
2018
606
2019
625
2020
682
2021
771
2022
833
2023
870
2024
901
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$66.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Caddo$17.9BLake$17.9BHall$18.0BAlexandria (Independent City)$18.0BWeber$18.1BWashington$18.2B
The read

Harford's economy produced $17.9B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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