County profile
Berkshire County, MA
United States · GDP 2024
#475 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
50,051
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,749
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
128,224
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$76.0k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
40.0%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.4%±1.1%
Business applications
2,568 · 2025
Retail establishments
575
44.6/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing14%
Education10%
Professional services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
128,224
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $72.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+652
International migration+1,909
Natural change−4,055
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$7.3B2019
$7.3B2020
$7.7B2021
$8.4B2022
$8.8B2023
$9.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$305.4k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
17.7%±0.9%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$66.1M
149 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
84.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 84Landslide 83Strong wind 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3992016
4012017
4292018
4372019
4542020
5152021
5872022
6582023
7122024
7202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211932021
1262022
1452023
1272024
1492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
3.2 km
HRRC
Nearest port
49.4 km
P & M BRICK LLC
Nearest commercial airport
46.8 km
WESTFIELD-BARNES RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Berkshire?
Berkshire's economy produced $9.2B in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.