County profile
Stark County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#237 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$23.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
139,706
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
8,181
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
373,771
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$67.9k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
25.9%±0.8%
Poverty rate
12.5%±0.7%
Business applications
7,435 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,179
31.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Timken CompanyIndustrials$4.6B70B2Metallus Inc.Basic Materials$1.2B59C3Consumers Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$4.6M54D4Concrete Leveling Systems, Inc.Industrials$70324DHQ-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 care27%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation16%
Other services7%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
373,771
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,700
International migration+1,534
Natural change−4,850
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$17.8B2019
$17.0B2020
$19.4B2021
$21.4B2022
$22.5B2023
$23.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.4k±$3.0k
Median gross rent
$909/mo±$12/mo
Vacancy rate
7.1%±0.5%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$178.8M
643 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 98Lightning 94Ice storm 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3482016
3612017
3782018
3952019
4112020
4582021
5162022
5572023
5932024
6262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 20219522021
8092022
5092023
5282024
6432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.5 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
WE
Nearest port
64.1 km
COLUMBIANA COUNTY PORT AUTHORITY, WELLSVILLE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
13.0 km
AKRON-CANTON RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR5 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.7k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Stark?
Stark's economy produced $23.2B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% 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.