County profile
Wicomico County, MD
United States · GDP 2024
#579 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
35,249
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,495
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
106,899
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$76.2k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
29.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
13.9%±1.6%
Business applications
1,322 · 2025
Retail establishments
343
32.2/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Health care35%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing9%
Admin & support7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
106,899
residents · 2025 · +3.2% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−226
International migration+2,608
Natural change+927
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.2B2019
$5.2B2020
$5.9B2021
$6.3B2022
$6.7B2023
$7.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$254.7k±$10.8k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
8.3%±1.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$37.9M
170 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 92Wildfire 81Winter weather 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3082016
3192017
3372018
3522019
3692020
4102021
4852022
5222023
5522024
5832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -24% since 20212232021
4062022
2012023
2792024
1702025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
104.0 km
I-595
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
DCR
Nearest port
1.6 km
COMFORT PLUS SERVICES SALISBURY MD
Nearest commercial airport
10.6 km
SALISBURY-OCEAN CITY WICOMICO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Wicomico?
Wicomico's economy produced $7.1B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.