County profile
Tompkins County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#527 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
50,869
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,230
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
104,047
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$4.3k
Bachelor's degree+
58.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
16.4%±1.4%
Business applications
785 · 2025
Retail establishments
289
27.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tompkins Financial CorporationFinancial Services$75.7M64CHQ-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
Education53%
Health care15%
Retail trade10%
Food & accommodation9%
Manufacturing6%
Professional services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
104,047
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $56.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,052
International migration+3,250
Natural change−530
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.5B2019
$6.2B2020
$6.7B2021
$7.1B2022
$7.5B2023
$8.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$290.9k±$12.9k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±1.2%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$110.2M
471 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
73.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 65Drought 63Lightning 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5442016
5692017
5742018
5762019
5972020
6562021
7432022
8272023
8722024
9312025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 20216442021
2392022
3432023
3372024
4712025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.9 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
ITHR
Nearest port
78.6 km
AMOCO
Nearest commercial airport
4.5 km
ITHACA TOMPKINS INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$68.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Tompkins?
Tompkins's economy produced $8.0B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is education.
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.