County profile
Hamilton County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#55 of 3,127 US counties by GDP39th-percentile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$107.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
529,211
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
21,087
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$73.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
838,418
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$72.5k±$1.2k
Bachelor's degree+
41.8%±0.6%
Poverty rate
15.0%±0.6%
Business applications
14,070 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,518
30.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Kroger Co.Consumer Defensive$147.6B66B2The Procter & Gamble CompanyConsumer Defensive$84.3B88A3GE AerospaceIndustrials$45.9B83B+4Cintas CorporationIndustrials$10.3B——5American Financial Group, Inc.Financial Services$8.2B73B6Medpace Holdings, Inc.Healthcare$2.5B84B+7Chemed CorporationHealthcare$2.5B89A8The E.W. Scripps CompanyCommunication Services$2.2B66B9Hillman Solutions Corp.Industrials$1.6B56C10Fifth Third BancorpFinancial Services$577.0M59C11LSI Industries Inc.Industrials$573.4M64C12Phillips Edison & Co.Real Estate$12.8M67B13indiePub Entertainment, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$9.9M——14Onconetix, Inc.Healthcare$815.4k25D15First Financial Bancorp.Financial Services———16Mobile Infrastructure CorpIndustrials———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 care29%
Management18%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation14%
Professional services13%
Retail trade12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
838,418
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $79.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−23,070
International migration+23,003
Natural change+8,244
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$83.7B2019
$82.9B2020
$88.9B2021
$97.1B2022
$103.7B2023
$107.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.9k±$3.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±0.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$360.4M
1,162 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 99Heat wave 99Cold wave 97
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4172016
4382017
4682018
4902019
5142020
5712021
6552022
7192023
7642024
7942025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 20211,9222021
1,4362022
1,2292023
8222024
1,1622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.9 km
I-74
Nearest freight rail
3.7 km
CSXT
Nearest port
6.8 km
Cincinnati, OH
Nearest commercial airport
14.9 km
CINCINNATI MUNI/LUNKEN FLD
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):5,972,213 short tons/yr · Cincinnati, OH
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR15 filings from 7 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$73.7k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hamilton?
Hamilton's economy produced $107.3B in 2024, growing 3.4% year over year — slower than 61% of 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.