County profile
Klamath County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#872 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+8.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,763
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,516
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
70,274
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.8%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
22.7%±1.5%
Poverty rate
18.3%±1.6%
Business applications
850 · 2025
Retail establishments
204
29.0/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing14%
Construction8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,274
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $54.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,944
International migration+156
Natural change−1,390
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.6B2020
$2.9B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.4B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$280.4k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$991/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
12.6%±1.4%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$33.0M
103 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 94Wildfire 94Winter weather 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2772016
2982017
3172018
3412019
3642020
4222021
4962022
4962023
5422024
5492025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -54% since 20212242021
1662022
1452023
2322024
1032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
99.9 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
13.8 km
UP
Nearest port
209.9 km
Coos Bay OR, Port of
Nearest commercial airport
59.0 km
CRATER LAKE/KLAMATH RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Klamath?
Klamath's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, growing 8.1% year over year — faster than most 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.