County profile
Washington County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#440 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
61,729
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,417
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
157,731
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$77.7k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±1.1%
Poverty rate
12.4%±1.1%
Business applications
1,724 · 2025
Retail establishments
548
34.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1First Breach Inc.Industrials———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
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Transportation19%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
157,731
residents · 2025 · +2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $59.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,839
International migration+1,474
Natural change−1,228
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.4B2019
$7.1B2020
$8.0B2021
$8.6B2022
$9.5B2023
$10.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$296.1k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±0.9%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$82.2M
354 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hurricane 86Winter weather 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5452016
5652017
5942018
6052019
6262020
7002021
7942022
8552023
9182024
9482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 20213322021
5432022
2672023
2322024
3542025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.0 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
106.4 km
Baltimore, MD
Nearest commercial airport
13.8 km
HAGERSTOWN RGNL/RICHARD A HENSON FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.3k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $10.0B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.