County profile
Rensselaer County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#321 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$15.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
46,817
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,985
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$73.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
160,510
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$87.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
37.6%±1.5%
Poverty rate
11.8%±1.0%
Business applications
1,323 · 2025
Retail establishments
435
27.2/10k 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 care26%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Education13%
Transportation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
160,510
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $64.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,528
International migration+1,981
Natural change−931
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$9.2B2019
$10.1B2020
$12.6B2021
$13.7B2022
$14.7B2023
$15.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$258.4k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
10.5%±0.8%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$81.8M
335 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 94Lightning 80Hurricane 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3592016
3632017
3812018
3912019
4052020
4502021
4992022
5372023
5842024
6132025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 46% since 20212302021
1872022
2812023
3202024
3352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.6 km
I-787
Nearest freight rail
15.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
15.5 km
TROY TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
24.4 km
ALBANY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$73.3k
avg. annual pay · +35% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rensselaer?
Rensselaer's economy produced $15.5B in 2024, growing 5.7% 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.