County profile
Hocking County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#1995 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 33% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$842.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,704
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
501
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$37.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,512
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$63.0k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
13.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
16.0%±2.5%
Business applications
273 · 2025
Retail establishments
71
25.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation34%
Retail trade21%
Health care19%
Manufacturing17%
Other services5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,512
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $50.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+32
International migration−2
Natural change−553
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$661.6M2019
$661.7M2020
$708.0M2021
$756.7M2022
$795.6M2023
$842.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.4k±$15.1k
Median gross rent
$808/mo±$54/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±2.0%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.4M
16 units · 0.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 86Lightning 71Ice storm 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2602016
2682017
2902018
3042019
3182020
3622021
4272022
4772023
5012024
4962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 33% since 2021122021
32022
62023
112024
162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.6 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
5.9 km
IORY
Nearest port
68.0 km
JAYMAR, CHESHIRE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
52.1 km
RICKENBACKER INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$37.7k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hocking?
Hocking's economy produced $842.6M in 2024, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than most 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.