County profile
Seneca County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#1251 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,767
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
689
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,883
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$68.1k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.2%±1.9%
Poverty rate
13.5%±1.7%
Business applications
258 · 2025
Retail establishments
149
45.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Generations Bancorp NY, Inc.Financial Services$1.9M——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
Retail trade28%
Manufacturing27%
Food & accommodation19%
Transportation10%
Health care10%
Management6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,883
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $52.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−536
International migration+191
Natural change−256
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.8B2021
$1.9B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$155.4k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$957/mo±$29/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±1.6%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$16.3M
58 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 73Ice storm 69Hurricane 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2352016
2442017
2532018
2542019
2742020
3012021
3602022
3912023
4162024
4472025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 45% since 2021402021
672022
462023
482024
582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
FGLK
Nearest port
62.0 km
AMOCO
Nearest commercial airport
43.8 km
ITHACA TOMPKINS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Seneca?
Seneca's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.