County profile
Ross County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#826 of 3,127 US counties by GDP74th-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,319
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,245
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
76,429
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$61.3k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
17.4%±1.4%
Poverty rate
15.7%±2.0%
Business applications
685 · 2025
Retail establishments
251
33.0/10k 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
Health care26%
Manufacturing24%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Transportation8%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
76,429
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+971
International migration+12
Natural change−1,616
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$171.5k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$906/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±1.4%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$12.9M
59 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 93Lightning 93Heat wave 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3752016
3882017
4072018
4262019
4522020
5002021
5682022
5982023
6622024
6962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 293% since 2021152021
192022
212023
242024
592025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.0 km
I-71
Nearest freight rail
6.4 km
CSXT
Nearest port
66.2 km
B P OIL CO SCIOTOVILLE
Nearest commercial airport
54.1 km
RICKENBACKER INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ross?
Ross's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 6.7% year over year — faster than most 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.