County profile
Middlesex County, MA
United States · GDP 2024
#14 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$240.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
963,417
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
44,624
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$107.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,669,979
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$130.8k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
59.5%±0.5%
Poverty rate
7.7%±0.3%
Business applications
19,183 · 2025
Retail establishments
4,650
27.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The TJX Companies, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$60.4B85A2Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.Healthcare$44.6B86A3GE Vernova Inc.Utilities$38.1B63C4Boston Scientific CorporationHealthcare$20.1B88A5Analog Devices, Inc.Technology$11.0B87A6Biogen Inc.Healthcare$9.9B85A7Global Partners LPEnergy$8.7B68B8Veralto CorporationIndustrials$5.5B71B9Akamai Technologies, Inc.Technology$4.2B72B10Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.Healthcare$4.0B73B11Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$3.7B79B+12HubSpot, Inc.Technology$3.1B70B13Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.Industrials$2.9B71B14Revvity, Inc.Healthcare$2.9B79B+15UniFirst CorporationIndustrials$2.4B70B16Symbotic Inc.Industrials$2.2B49D17Dynatrace, Inc.Technology$2.0B70B18Moderna, Inc.Healthcare$1.9B53D19Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$1.9B70B20Ameresco, Inc.Industrials$1.8B——21Pegasystems Inc.Technology$1.7B85A22Diversified Healthcare TrustReal Estate$1.5B50D23Service Properties TrustReal Estate$1.4B46D24Bone Biologics CorporationHealthcare$1.1B45D25Onto Innovation Inc.Technology$1.0B70BHQ-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
Professional services27%
Health care21%
Education16%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,669,979
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $112.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−61,446
International migration+88,643
Natural change+19,052
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$178.2B2019
$182.4B2020
$201.4B2021
$214.2B2022
$227.4B2023
$240.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$727.8k±$3.9k
Median gross rent
$2.2k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
4.5%±0.2%
Affordability
6.8× wages
Residential permits
$890.6M
2,341 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 100Lightning 96Earthquake 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
10732016
11412017
12042018
12512019
12792020
13962021
15712022
16982023
17982024
18622025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 20214,6712021
3,2572022
3,8942023
3,4952024
2,3412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.0 km
I-495
Nearest freight rail
3.1 km
MBTA
Nearest port
27.9 km
AMELIA EARHART DAM PIER
Nearest commercial airport
8.6 km
LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR328 filings from 117 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$107.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Middlesex?
Middlesex's economy produced $240.7B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is professional services.
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.