County profile
Mercer County, NJ
United States · GDP 2024
#104 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$56.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
208,192
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
9,683
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$88.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
399,289
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$100.6k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
45.4%±1.0%
Poverty rate
10.3%±0.8%
Business applications
6,229 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,179
29.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyHealthcare$48.2B85A2Integra LifeSciences Holdings CorporationHealthcare$1.6B67B3Clearway Energy, Inc.Utilities$1.4B54D4Miami International Holdings, Inc. Financial Services$1.4B43D5Mistras Group, Inc.Industrials$724.0M64C6Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc.Real Estate$561.2M71B7Certara, Inc.Healthcare$418.8M68B8UroGen Pharma Ltd.Healthcare$109.8M55C9Cytosorbents CorporationHealthcare$37.1M55C10Falken Industries Ltd.Basic Materials$630.0k——11Imunon, Inc.Healthcare$500.0k39D12Niki BioSolutions, Inc.Healthcare$431.4k32D13Vyome Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$319.7k33D14Soligenix, Inc.Healthcare$119.4k42D15OncoSec Medical IncorporatedHealthcare$0——16Kardigan, Inc.Healthcare$0——17Grace Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$048D18Laser Energetics, Inc.Industrials$0——19LianBioHealthcare———20PMV Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare———21Space Asset Acquisition Corp. Class A Ordinary SharesFinancial Services———22Digital Asset Acquisition Corp.Financial Services———23Apimeds Pharmaceuticals US, IncHealthcare———24PDS Biotechnology CorporationHealthcare———25Real Asset Acquisition Corp.Financial Services———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 care22%
Retail trade19%
Education17%
Professional services17%
Wholesale trade13%
Finance & insurance12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
399,289
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $87.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−13,563
International migration+22,314
Natural change+4,433
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$38.6B2019
$40.2B2020
$45.0B2021
$50.8B2022
$54.4B2023
$56.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$377.7k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±0.5%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$220.9M
1,164 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
95.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Winter weather 98Ice storm 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
7122016
7162017
7342018
7572019
7822020
8612021
10032022
11322023
12392024
13102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 114% since 20215442021
6432022
9692023
2,0262024
1,1642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.3 km
I-295
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
AMTK
Nearest port
9.8 km
RIVER CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL, SILVA GROUP
Nearest commercial airport
9.4 km
TRENTON MERCER
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR64 filings from 16 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$88.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $56.8B in 2024, growing 4.4% 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.