County profile
Cumberland County, NJ
United States · GDP 2024
#504 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 71% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
47,846
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,826
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
157,148
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.4%
Median HH income
$67.4k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±1.2%
Poverty rate
15.6%±1.5%
Business applications
1,739 · 2025
Retail establishments
467
29.9/10k 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 care27%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
157,148
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $50.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,068
International migration+4,319
Natural change+225
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.7B2019
$6.7B2020
$7.3B2021
$7.7B2022
$8.1B2023
$8.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$221.4k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±0.8%
Affordability
4.0× wages
Residential permits
$31.0M
143 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 95Hurricane 92Coastal flooding 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4822016
4932017
5002018
5202019
5442020
6292021
7282022
8062023
8832024
9382025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -23% since 20211852021
1202022
1032023
2532024
1432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
47.0 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
6.7 km
WW
Nearest port
28.2 km
South Jersey Port Corp, NJ
Nearest commercial airport
40.9 km
DOVER AFB
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.8k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cumberland?
Cumberland's economy produced $8.5B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.