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County profile

Howard

United States · GDP 2024
#162 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$37.1B
GDP growth
+6.5%
Jobs tracked
185,946
Employers
10,050
Avg. wage
$84.9k
Population
339,183
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$149.8k±$3.2k
Business applications
5,792 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tenable Holdings, Inc.Technology$999.4M62C2BigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.Technology$127.7M44D3Rekor Systems, Inc.Technology$48.5M44D4COPT Defense PropertiesReal Estate$42.1M65B5Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.Healthcare$4.0M——6Igene Biotechnology, Inc.Basic Materials———

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
Professional services36%
Health care16%
Wholesale trade14%
Retail trade12%
Admin & support11%
Food & accommodation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
339,183
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $99.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−5,902
International migration+6,563
Natural change+5,374

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$28.5B
2019
$28.7B
2020
$31.3B
2021
$32.6B
2022
$34.9B
2023
$37.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$597.9k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$2.1k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
3.4%±0.5%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
728 (2.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
72.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 93Heat wave 89Strong wind 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
680
2016
693
2017
706
2018
719
2019
731
2020
785
2021
876
2022
941
2023
1000
2024
1020
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
9.8 km
CSXT
Nearest port
28.2 km
PORT COVINGTON PIER NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
24.2 km
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON INTL THURGOOD MARSHALL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

16 filings from 4 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KBigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.06-12
8-KTenable Holdings, Inc.05-21
8-KCOPT Defense Properties05-20
8-KRekor Systems, Inc.05-15
8-KTenable Holdings, Inc.05-13
10-QRekor Systems, Inc.05-11
8-KRekor Systems, Inc.05-11
10-QCOPT Defense Properties05-06
10-QTenable Holdings, Inc.05-05
10-QBigBear.ai Holdings, Inc.05-05
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$84.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Dakota$37.1BKane$37.1BHamilton$37.3BPlymouth$36.9BMarin$36.9BRichland$37.4B
The read

Howard's economy produced $37.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.

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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