County profile
Malheur County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1489 of 3,127 US counties by GDP26th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,527
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
718
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
32,261
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$54.5k±$6.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
17.6%±3.0%
Business applications
281 · 2025
Retail establishments
120
37.1/10k 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 trade33%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing15%
Wholesale trade7%
Professional services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
32,261
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $43.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+126
International migration+285
Natural change+202
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.9k±$19.2k
Median gross rent
$821/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
12.2%±2.1%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$17.1M
88 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 91Winter weather 82Landslide 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2562017
2832018
3142019
3472020
4212021
5042022
5152023
5422024
5302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 151% since 2021352021
322022
432023
452024
882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
93.6 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
75.0 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
331.9 km
GRAIN ELEVATOR
Nearest commercial airport
120.8 km
BOISE AIR TRML/GOWEN FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Malheur?
Malheur's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 74% 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.