Places/NY/Wayne County, NY
County profile

Wayne County, NY

United States · GDP 2024
#707 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
19,614
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,673
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
91,250
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$74.5k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.4%±1.1%
Business applications
611 · 2025
Retail establishments
253
27.8/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Seneca Foods Corporation PFD $12.00Consumer Defensive$1.6B2Ultralife CorporationIndustrials$191.2M55C3Lyons Bancorp 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
Manufacturing39%
Retail trade21%
Health care16%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
91,250
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+141
International migration+666
Natural change741

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$4.3B
2019
$4.1B
2020
$4.4B
2021
$4.8B
2022
$5.0B
2023
$5.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.0k±$2.7k
Median gross rent
$938/mo±$32/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±0.9%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$82.2M
414 units · 4.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 83Ice storm 74Strong wind 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
303
2016
314
2017
331
2018
347
2019
369
2020
410
2021
475
2022
537
2023
587
2024
615
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
202% since 2021
137
2021
129
2022
172
2023
263
2024
414
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.9 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
OMID
Nearest port
48.3 km
LEHIGH HEIDELBERG CEMENT CORP
Nearest commercial airport
52.3 km
FREDERICK DOUGLASS/GREATER ROCHESTER INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Wayne?

Wayne's economy produced $5.1B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over yearslower than 70% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.