County profile
Jefferson County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#766 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-11.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,564
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,163
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
63,597
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$59.1k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
16.5%±1.4%
Business applications
544 · 2025
Retail establishments
186
29.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1My Screen Mobile, Inc.Technology$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
Health care26%
Retail trade21%
Transportation14%
Education14%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
63,597
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+675
International migration+100
Natural change−2,319
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.0B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.8B2021
$5.2B2022
$4.9B2023
$4.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$127.8k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$835/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±1.2%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$923.3k
3 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
66.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Hail 75Lightning 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2352016
2352017
2402018
2662019
2722020
3002021
3412022
3592023
3832024
4232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -50% since 202162021
02022
22023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.9 km
I-70
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CUOH
Nearest port
11.0 km
PETROLEUM FUEL AND TERMINAL CO., PITTSBURGH/WEIRTON DIVISION WHAR
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
PITTSBURGH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.7k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $4.4B in 2024, contracting 11.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.