Places/MA/Dukes County, MA
County profile

Dukes County, MA

United States · GDP 2024
#1230 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,082
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,251
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,219
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$125.8k±$14.2k
Bachelor's degree+
51.9%±7.2%
Poverty rate
4.4%±1.8%
Business applications
436 · 2025
Retail establishments
185
86.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Retail trade24%
Construction21%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support13%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
21,219
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $102.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration433
International migration+1,103
Natural change11

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$1.2M±$68.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$413/mo
Vacancy rate
57.4%±3.5%
Affordability
17.0× wages
Residential permits
$141.3M
183 units · 8.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
16.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 81Coastal flooding 55Earthquake 33
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
397
2016
423
2017
456
2018
482
2019
506
2020
561
2021
679
2022
771
2023
820
2024
888
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-3% since 2021
188
2021
140
2022
81
2023
103
2024
183
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.4 km
I-195
Nearest freight rail
13.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
7.8 km
STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY
Nearest commercial airport
3.5 km
MARTHA'S VINEYARD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$68.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rank
Hampshire$10.4BBerkshire$9.2BFranklin$3.7BNantucket$2.1B
The read

What is the GDP of Dukes?

Dukes's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.