County profile
Herkimer County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1146 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,873
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,124
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
59,219
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.4%±1.8%
Business applications
453 · 2025
Retail establishments
168
28.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
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 trade22%
Health care21%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation14%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
59,219
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+149
International migration+84
Natural change−1,058
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.3B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.7k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$823/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
20.7%±1.1%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$14.5M
54 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 78Winter weather 73Ice storm 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2482017
2632018
2772019
2932020
3232021
3702022
4052023
4272024
4492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 2021792021
682022
702023
502024
542025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
16.1 km
ADIX
Nearest port
107.9 km
AMOCO
Nearest commercial airport
41.4 km
GRIFFISS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Herkimer?
Herkimer's economy produced $2.4B 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.