County profile
Montgomery County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1077 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,867
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,064
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,046
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$64.9k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
22.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
14.6%±1.7%
Business applications
407 · 2025
Retail establishments
172
34.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sun Tzu CorporationConsumer Defensive———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%
Manufacturing22%
Transportation20%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation7%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,046
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $53.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+775
International migration+196
Natural change−392
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.0B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.5k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$940/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±1.5%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$30.9M
105 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Hurricane 68Winter weather 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1472017
1482018
1592019
1662020
1892021
2042022
2332023
2522024
2892025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 20211102021
332022
472023
2122024
1052025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
59.5 km
Albany Port District, NY
Nearest commercial airport
54.8 km
ALBANY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.5k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Montgomery?
Montgomery's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster than most 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.