County profile
Polk County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#945 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+14.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,046
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,587
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
90,037
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$85.1k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
31.2%±1.6%
Poverty rate
12.7%±1.5%
Business applications
1,052 · 2025
Retail establishments
136
15.1/10k 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
Health care26%
Food & accommodation24%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade14%
Construction12%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
90,037
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,951
International migration+552
Natural change−375
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.5B2022
$2.8B2023
$3.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$454.7k±$10.3k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$56/mo
Vacancy rate
5.4%±1.4%
Affordability
9.2× wages
Residential permits
$38.1M
103 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 95Heat wave 87Volcanic 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5722016
6422017
6992018
7402019
7802020
9052021
10392022
10612023
10912024
11212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 20213162021
2552022
2192023
1772024
1032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.1 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
7.7 km
PNWR
Nearest port
58.3 km
PORT OF NEWPORT DOCK NO 7
Nearest commercial airport
32.4 km
MCNARY FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.4k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Polk?
Polk's economy produced $3.1B in 2024, growing 14.1% year over year — faster than 96% 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.