County profile
St. Lawrence County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#608 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
26,395
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,826
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
105,488
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$62.9k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±1.2%
Poverty rate
16.9%±1.6%
Business applications
613 · 2025
Retail establishments
339
31.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Gouverneur Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———21812 Brewing Company Inc.Financial Services———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 trade23%
Food & accommodation15%
Education11%
Manufacturing11%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
105,488
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $50.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,175
International migration+661
Natural change−1,151
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.9B2019
$5.0B2020
$5.4B2021
$5.9B2022
$6.3B2023
$6.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.9k±$3.4k
Median gross rent
$818/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
19.8%±1.0%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$44.9M
221 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 89Ice storm 87Winter weather 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2142016
2182017
2292018
2342019
2382020
2572021
2742022
2792023
3112024
3302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 20212532021
1902022
1952023
2282024
2212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.2 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
13.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
40.7 km
PORT OF OGDENSBURG - DAVID D. DEPUE MARINE TERMINAL COMPLEX WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
37.5 km
OGDENSBURG INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Lawrence?
St. Lawrence's economy produced $6.6B in 2024, growing 5.2% 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.