County profile
Union County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1607 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,702
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
740
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,900
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$65.7k±$3.3k
Bachelor's degree+
26.1%±2.2%
Poverty rate
16.1%±2.1%
Business applications
305 · 2025
Retail establishments
105
40.5/10k 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 trade26%
Health care23%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation14%
Construction10%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,900
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+106
International migration+53
Natural change−426
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$294.6k±$14.6k
Median gross rent
$982/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±1.3%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$16.4M
50 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
43.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 92Cold wave 84Avalanche 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2652016
2792017
3002018
3162019
3312020
3792021
4352022
4742023
5062024
5292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -68% since 20211542021
432022
392023
382024
502025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.7 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
2.8 km
UP
Nearest port
107.5 km
WALLA WALLA GRAIN GROWERS, PORT KELLEY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
77.8 km
EASTERN OREGON RGNL AT PENDLETON
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Union?
Union's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 72% 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.