County profile
Putnam County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#676 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
22,380
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,868
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
99,028
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$126.3k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
45.5%±1.7%
Poverty rate
7.1%±0.8%
Business applications
1,175 · 2025
Retail establishments
282
28.5/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade19%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,028
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $88.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−506
International migration+1,373
Natural change+501
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.1B2019
$4.0B2020
$4.4B2021
$4.7B2022
$5.2B2023
$5.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$471.3k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±1.2%
Affordability
7.1× wages
Residential permits
$24.3M
72 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 77Hurricane 73Ice storm 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6192016
6492017
6772018
6862019
7152020
7842021
8882022
9232023
10232024
10612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 7% since 2021672021
1762022
712023
1402024
722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
9.7 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
10.7 km
MNCW
Nearest port
17.5 km
DOWNEY OIL PIER
Nearest commercial airport
25.0 km
HUDSON VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.1k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Putnam?
Putnam's economy produced $5.5B in 2024, growing 6.3% 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.