County profile
Columbia County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1240 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,272
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
996
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
54,091
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.0%
Median HH income
$87.5k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±1.9%
Poverty rate
8.9%±1.1%
Business applications
602 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
23.0/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing23%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care18%
Construction11%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,091
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $60.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,986
International migration+85
Natural change−670
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$421.6k±$12.8k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$123/mo
Vacancy rate
5.6%±1.5%
Affordability
8.0× wages
Residential permits
$31.8M
84 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 95Heat wave 90Landslide 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3642016
4022017
4332018
4542019
4732020
5382021
6132022
6162023
6392024
6402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -71% since 20212912021
862022
672023
552024
842025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.1 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
17.2 km
PNWR
Nearest port
7.2 km
Port of Columbia County, OR
Nearest commercial airport
54.9 km
PORTLAND INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,021,308 short tons/yr · Port of Columbia County, OR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.8k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Columbia?
Columbia's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.