County profile
Otsego County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#891 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 28% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,030
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,295
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
60,589
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$68.9k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
34.4%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.5%±1.4%
Business applications
420 · 2025
Retail establishments
239
39.4/10k 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 care42%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation16%
Finance & insurance8%
Manufacturing8%
Education6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
60,589
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $56.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,082
International migration+379
Natural change−1,001
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.3B2023
$3.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$179.1k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$987/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
22.8%±1.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$31.4M
125 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 85Landslide 78Winter weather 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3112016
3112017
3172018
3362019
3442020
3762021
4152022
4382023
4822024
5082025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20211822021
1392022
1132023
1232024
1252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.7 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
CACV
Nearest port
101.8 km
Albany Port District, NY
Nearest commercial airport
73.3 km
GRIFFISS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.9k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Otsego?
Otsego's economy produced $3.5B in 2024, growing 6.7% 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.