County profile
Kent County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#1670 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,462
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
570
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
19,565
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$80.1k±$6.7k
Bachelor's degree+
39.6%±3.4%
Poverty rate
9.7%±2.0%
Business applications
246 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
37.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Peoples Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$18.0M——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
Manufacturing24%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Education14%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
19,565
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $80.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+904
International migration+122
Natural change−585
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$978.4M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$330.9k±$14.2k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
18.0%±2.5%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
$16.1M
53 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 93Hurricane 81Lightning 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1832016
1922017
1972018
2062019
2142020
2312021
2722022
2882023
3162024
3322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 10% since 2021482021
832022
712023
482024
532025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
31.3 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
21.9 km
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUNDS
Nearest commercial airport
51.4 km
DOVER AFB
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read
What is the GDP of Kent?
Kent's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% 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.