County profile
Gloucester County, NJ
United States · GDP 2024
#270 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$19.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
107,864
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,298
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
312,638
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$105.1k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
36.8%±1.0%
Poverty rate
7.7%±0.6%
Business applications
3,705 · 2025
Retail establishments
884
28.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Transtech Industries, Inc.Utilities$413.0k——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 trade31%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction11%
Manufacturing11%
Wholesale trade10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
312,638
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $68.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+8,238
International migration+2,069
Natural change−165
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$15.8B2019
$14.4B2020
$16.0B2021
$17.2B2022
$18.2B2023
$19.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$310.4k±$4.2k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±0.5%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$201.3M
921 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
86.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Strong wind 97Heat wave 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5342016
5442017
5522018
5712019
5972020
6842021
8052022
9092023
9832024
10342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 36% since 20216752021
8412022
9402023
8992024
9212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.2 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
1.3 km
CSAO
Nearest port
16.9 km
AXEON SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, PAULSBORO REFINERY, UPPER WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
19.2 km
PHILADELPHIA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):21,504,979 short tons/yr · South Jersey Port Corp, NJ
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Gloucester?
Gloucester's economy produced $19.1B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.