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Rensselaer

United States · GDP 2024
#321 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$15.5B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
46,817
Employers
2,985
Avg. wage
$73.3k
Population
160,510
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$87.9k±$2.4k
Business applications
1,323 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$9.2B
2019
$10.1B
2020
$12.6B
2021
$13.7B
2022
$14.7B
2023
$15.5B
2024

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
335 (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
359
2016
363
2017
381
2018
391
2019
405
2020
450
2021
499
2022
537
2023
584
2024
613
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Wyandotte$15.5BChampaign$15.4BHinds$15.4BVanderburgh$15.6BSangamon$15.7BHays$15.3B
The read

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.
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