County profile
Jefferson County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#513 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 59% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
28,622
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,348
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
111,540
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$66.3k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
26.5%±1.3%
Poverty rate
13.7%±1.5%
Business applications
798 · 2025
Retail establishments
422
37.4/10k 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
Health care30%
Retail trade28%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing10%
Construction8%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
111,540
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−9,045
International migration+1,170
Natural change+3,187
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.7B2019
$6.7B2020
$7.2B2021
$7.7B2022
$8.0B2023
$8.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$188.2k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
23.0%±1.0%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$48.6M
288 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Ice storm 82Strong wind 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2972016
2922017
3042018
3132019
3262020
3492021
3842022
4062023
4212024
4372025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 79% since 20211612021
1792022
1942023
1912024
2882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
CSXT
Nearest port
32.3 km
UNCLE SAM BOAT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
9.5 km
WATERTOWN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $8.3B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.