County profile
Wallowa County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#2236 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$626.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+20.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,995
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
366
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,595
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$67.1k±$9.1k
Bachelor's degree+
38.2%±3.8%
Poverty rate
7.8%±1.9%
Business applications
130 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
61.9/10k 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
Health care34%
Retail trade19%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation15%
Transportation8%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,595
residents · 2025 · +2.6% since 2020
Income per capita $67.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+360
International migration+0
Natural change−171
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$357.5M2019
$339.6M2020
$391.3M2021
$453.2M2022
$519.5M2023
$626.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$394.8k±$26.3k
Median gross rent
$981/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
22.1%±3.6%
Affordability
7.9× wages
Residential permits
$6.0M
18 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
34.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 93Avalanche 87Landslide 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2572016
2882017
3072018
3392019
3432020
4052021
5022022
5272023
5572024
5292025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 500% since 202132021
32022
32023
312024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.9 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
19.3 km
WURR
Nearest port
93.8 km
MOUNTAIN FIR CHIP CO., WILAM DIV. DK.
Nearest commercial airport
89.4 km
LEWISTON/NEZ PERCE COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wallowa?
Wallowa's economy produced $626.6M in 2024, growing 20.6% year over year — faster than 98% 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.