County profile
Erie County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#65 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$81.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
418,202
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
22,497
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$64.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
946,741
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$72.8k±$1.1k
Bachelor's degree+
38.0%±0.6%
Poverty rate
13.9%±0.4%
Business applications
8,846 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,116
32.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Moog Inc.Industrials$3.9B79B+2National Fuel Gas CompanyEnergy$2.2B73B3M&T Bank CorporationFinancial Services$1.7B69B4Columbus McKinnon CorporationIndustrials$1.2B57C5Gibraltar Industries, Inc.Industrials$1.1B63C6Astronics CorporationIndustrials$862.1M64C7ACV Auctions Inc.Consumer Cyclical$759.6M40D8CVF Technologies CorporationIndustrials$2.0M——9InternetArray, Inc.Technology$231.5k——10Rand Capital CorpFinancial 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 care29%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance11%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
946,741
residents · 2025 · -0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $64.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−12,443
International migration+13,302
Natural change−6,957
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$61.3B2019
$61.9B2020
$66.8B2021
$72.3B2022
$77.7B2023
$81.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$233.8k±$1.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$11/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.3%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$392.8M
1,213 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 100Winter weather 100Tornado 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4712016
4972017
5302018
5562019
5842020
6562021
7512022
8152023
8662024
9202025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -10% since 20211,3482021
1,3982022
1,0542023
1,2082024
1,2132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
BPRR
Nearest port
12.4 km
GATEWAY METROPORT (SUBSIDIARY NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME) LACKAWANNA CANAL WEST DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
19.7 km
BUFFALO NIAGARA INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$64.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Erie?
Erie's economy produced $81.1B 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.