County profile
Wasco County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#1131 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+11.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,679
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
735
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,310
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$64.2k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±2.2%
Poverty rate
11.6%±2.3%
Business applications
327 · 2025
Retail establishments
104
39.3/10k 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 care32%
Retail trade29%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing11%
Construction6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,310
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+187
International migration+125
Natural change−600
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.6B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.2B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$367.4k±$17.1k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±1.9%
Affordability
6.9× wages
Residential permits
$13.0M
39 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 98Volcanic 91Ice storm 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5322016
5892017
6472018
7092019
7442020
8472021
10032022
10372023
10382024
10542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -59% since 2021962021
742022
662023
482024
392025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.9 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
3.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
49.5 km
MID-COLUMBIA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
100.7 km
ROBERTS FLD/REDMOND MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wasco?
Wasco's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 11.3% year over year — faster than 93% 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.