County profile
Jefferson County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1726 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,051
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
455
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,740
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$76.3k±$6.3k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±2.2%
Poverty rate
13.4%±2.4%
Business applications
300 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
24.9/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care20%
Arts & recreation7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,740
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $50.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,090
International migration+197
Natural change−119
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$792.7M2019
$811.3M2020
$900.2M2021
$989.2M2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$374.2k±$13.6k
Median gross rent
$941/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±2.2%
Affordability
7.2× wages
Residential permits
$40.3M
134 units · 5.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 95Volcanic 88Avalanche 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2562016
2832017
3172018
3452019
3592020
4212021
4972022
5092023
5202024
5442025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -43% since 20212342021
1272022
1282023
1012024
1342025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
108.0 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
108.4 km
MID-COLUMBIA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
41.8 km
ROBERTS FLD/REDMOND MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.