County profile
Hood River County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1367 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+9.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,320
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,068
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,720
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$88.9k±$6.6k
Bachelor's degree+
41.0%±3.2%
Poverty rate
8.0%±1.7%
Business applications
382 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
56.0/10k 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 care22%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing19%
Retail trade19%
Arts & recreation13%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,720
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $74.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−434
International migration+195
Natural change+46
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$660.0k±$36.2k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$155/mo
Vacancy rate
13.1%±2.4%
Affordability
13.0× wages
Residential permits
$42.3M
180 units · 7.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Volcanic 95Wildfire 95Landslide 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5902016
6642017
6892018
7242019
7322020
8372021
9842022
10582023
10712024
10912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 173% since 2021662021
742022
392023
362024
1802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
19.2 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
MH
Nearest port
20.8 km
COOK COVE WASH
Nearest commercial airport
74.0 km
PORTLAND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Hood River?
Hood River's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 9.8% year over year — faster than 90% 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.