County profile
Guernsey County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#863 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,636
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
828
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,379
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$58.5k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
15.6%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.3%±2.3%
Business applications
364 · 2025
Retail establishments
129
33.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
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
Manufacturing29%
Health care27%
Food & accommodation17%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,379
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+601
International migration+40
Natural change−688
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.1B2020
$2.3B2021
$2.5B2022
$3.3B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.7k±$7.2k
Median gross rent
$864/mo±$80/mo
Vacancy rate
14.3%±1.6%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$12.9M
41 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 87Hail 63Drought 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3272016
3352017
3482018
3632019
3762020
4322021
4702022
5182023
5222024
5632025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 58% since 2021262021
292022
222023
352024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
CUOH
Nearest port
61.8 km
OHIO VALLEY TRANSLOADING CO, INC.
Nearest commercial airport
78.8 km
MID-OHIO VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Guernsey?
Guernsey's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 11.8% year over year — faster than 94% 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.