County profile
Sussex County, NJ
United States · GDP 2024
#602 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
32,211
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
148,063
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$116.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
40.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
5.5%±0.7%
Business applications
1,816 · 2025
Retail establishments
403
27.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Selective Insurance Group, Inc.Financial Services$5.3B81B+2Technology General CorporationIndustrials$2.1M——3Silver Scott Mines, Inc.Basic Materials———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 trade24%
Health care23%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing14%
Construction11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
148,063
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $77.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,321
International migration+878
Natural change+129
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B2019
$5.2B2020
$5.6B2021
$6.2B2022
$6.4B2023
$6.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$369.4k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
8.1%±0.9%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
$26.4M
96 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Cold wave 94Landslide 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6132016
6262017
6522018
6792019
7102020
8062021
9152022
10232023
11092024
11822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 20211642021
2202022
942023
1582024
962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.5 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
5.9 km
NYSW
Nearest port
60.8 km
LIONETTI OIL RECOVERY SERVICES WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
61.8 km
TETERBORO
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sussex?
Sussex's economy produced $6.7B 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.