County profile
Westchester County, NY
United States · GDP 2024
#48 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$120.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
389,560
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
31,174
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$91.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,015,743
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$119.0k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
53.1%±0.7%
Poverty rate
9.0%±0.4%
Business applications
14,407 · 2025
Retail establishments
3,331
33.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1International Business Machines CorporationTechnology$67.5B82B+2Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Healthcare$14.3B85A3Prestige Consumer Healthcare Inc.Healthcare$1.1B78B+4Loar Holdings Inc.Industrials$496.3M51D5OPAL Fuels Inc.Utilities$326.7M46D6Waldencast plcConsumer Defensive$272.1M35D7FRMO Corp.Financial Services$263.4M——8Applied UV, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$40.7M——9Sky Harbour Group CorpReal Estate$27.5M44D10Zoomcar Holdings, Inc.Industrials$9.1M——11Wright Investors' Service Holdings, Inc.Financial Services$5.4M24D12American Mobile Dental Corp.Healthcare$2.2M——13AI Era Corp.Communication Services$1.2M61C14Pervasip Corp.Communication Services$491.3k——15All For One Media Corp.Communication Services$9.0k——16ContraFect Corp.Healthcare$0——17PaxMedica, Inc. Common StockHealthcare$0——18alpha-En CorporationBasic Materials$0——19Metawells Oil & Gas Inc.Consumer Cyclical$0——20Ubuyholdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical———21Northeast Community Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———22FutureTech II Acquisition Corp.Financial Services———23Michael Anthony Holdings, Inc.Consumer Cyclical———24MabCure Inc.Healthcare———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 care38%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction12%
Professional services10%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,015,743
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $136.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−33,546
International migration+33,996
Natural change+12,764
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$89.9B2019
$93.1B2020
$96.7B2021
$105.3B2022
$112.4B2023
$120.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$663.2k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$27/mo
Vacancy rate
5.4%±0.4%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$362.0M
996 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 99Winter weather 98Lightning 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
10722016
11052017
11442018
11722019
11942020
12822021
14002022
14852023
16032024
16942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -57% since 20212,3192021
3,4542022
1,4782023
1,5922024
9962025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.2 km
I-684
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
MNCW
Nearest port
9.6 km
PARADISE HEATING OIL INC. TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
11.2 km
WESTCHESTER COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR34 filings from 13 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$91.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Westchester?
Westchester's economy produced $120.2B in 2024, growing 6.9% 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.