Places/OH/Summit County, OH
County profile

Summit County, OH

United States · GDP 2024
#147 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$40.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
249,827
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
13,309
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
538,376
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$71.6k±$1.1k
Bachelor's degree+
35.8%±0.7%
Poverty rate
12.8%±0.7%
Business applications
7,964 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,564
29.1/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Health care31%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation15%
Professional services10%
Admin & support9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
538,376
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $67.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration1,633
International migration+6,575
Natural change6,178

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$32.3B
2019
$31.7B
2020
$34.4B
2021
$36.4B
2022
$38.7B
2023
$40.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.7k±$3.0k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±0.5%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$210.3M
546 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Strong wind 97Winter weather 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
348
2016
363
2017
383
2018
400
2019
418
2020
462
2021
524
2022
562
2023
608
2024
631
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-31% since 2021
788
2021
2,724
2022
639
2023
1,082
2024
546
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.5 km
I-77
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CVSR
Nearest port
39.5 km
CLEVELAND CLIFFS-CLEVELAND WORKS UPPER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
24.6 km
AKRON-CANTON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$60.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Summit?

Summit's economy produced $40.3B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among 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.