County profile
Erie County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#685 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
32,249
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,802
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
73,296
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$72.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.0%±2.0%
Poverty rate
13.0%±1.3%
Business applications
789 · 2025
Retail establishments
301
40.9/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Civista Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$19.0M56C2PAO Group, Inc.Healthcare$0——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
Food & accommodation25%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade22%
Health care17%
Wholesale trade7%
Arts & recreation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
73,296
residents · 2025 · -2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−665
International migration+603
Natural change−2,085
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.5B2019
$3.8B2020
$4.7B2021
$5.3B2022
$5.3B2023
$5.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$199.7k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$933/mo±$23/mo
Vacancy rate
15.7%±1.5%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$64.0M
164 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 83Hail 81Ice storm 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2872016
2962017
3082018
3212019
3322020
3642021
4152022
4662023
4842024
5342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20212892021
2722022
1352023
1132024
1642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
NS
Nearest port
8.1 km
CARMEUSE - HURON
Nearest commercial airport
62.2 km
MANSFIELD LAHM RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,632,248 short tons/yr · Sandusky, OH
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Erie?
Erie's economy produced $5.4B in 2024, growing 0.4% year over year — slower than 78% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.