Places/NY/Delaware County, NY
County profile

Delaware County, NY

United States · GDP 2024
#949 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,025
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,114
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
44,305
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$63.3k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
27.6%±1.6%
Poverty rate
14.4%±1.7%
Business applications
477 · 2025
Retail establishments
189
42.5/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Delhi Bank 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care15%
Information15%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation13%
Arts & recreation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
44,305
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $53.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,478
International migration+72
Natural change1,432

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$2.5B
2021
$2.8B
2022
$2.9B
2023
$3.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$183.1k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$880/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
36.1%±1.6%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$32.9M
108 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
83.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 90Hurricane 77Winter weather 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
152
2016
154
2017
166
2018
175
2019
180
2020
213
2021
230
2022
272
2023
284
2024
290
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
30% since 2021
83
2021
73
2022
67
2023
79
2024
108
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
26.1 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
26.7 km
NS
Nearest port
85.8 km
KINGSTON RECYCLING DEPOT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
57.0 km
SULLIVAN COUNTY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$60.3k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Delaware?

Delaware's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 7.8% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.