County profile
Hampshire County, MA
United States · GDP 2024
#428 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
49,009
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,491
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
164,065
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$87.0k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
51.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
11.3%±0.9%
Business applications
1,136 · 2025
Retail establishments
504
30.6/10k 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 care26%
Education25%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
164,065
residents · 2025 · +10.4% since 2020
Income per capita $65.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+16,657
International migration+3,022
Natural change−2,491
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.2B2019
$8.1B2020
$8.6B2021
$9.2B2022
$9.9B2023
$10.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$390.3k±$6.2k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±0.9%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
$65.7M
291 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 84Ice storm 79Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6352016
6562017
6782018
7052019
7302020
8012021
9172022
9742023
10452024
11082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20213982021
4112022
2822023
3182024
2912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.8 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
65.6 km
CONNECTICUT RESOURCES RECOVERY AUTHORITY, SOUTH MEADOW STATION WH
Nearest commercial airport
19.4 km
WESTOVER ARB/METRO
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Hampshire?
Hampshire's economy produced $10.4B 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.