County profile
Washington County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#93 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 99% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$63.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
307,351
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
16,355
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$87.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
611,708
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$107.8k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
47.5%±0.8%
Poverty rate
8.1%±0.6%
Business applications
8,868 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,588
26.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1NIKE, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$46.3B——2Lattice Semiconductor CorporationTechnology$523.3M73B3Jewett-Cameron Trading Company Ltd.Basic Materials$41.3M58C4Datavault AI Inc.Technology$39.1M46D5CarePayment Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$5.6M——6Entia Biosciences, Inc.Healthcare$265.5k——7Digimarc Corp.Technology———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
Manufacturing24%
Health care18%
Retail trade17%
Management15%
Professional services14%
Food & accommodation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
611,708
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $81.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−17,241
International migration+18,334
Natural change+9,138
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$49.8B2019
$50.3B2020
$55.2B2021
$58.7B2022
$60.6B2023
$63.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$588.0k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$1.8k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
3.2%±0.3%
Affordability
6.7× wages
Residential permits
$661.0M
1,886 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
96.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 99Heat wave 97Ice storm 91
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
8312016
8982017
9502018
9802019
10042020
11312021
13142022
13212023
13402024
13332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -39% since 20213,0962021
3,0612022
2,6602023
2,2732024
1,8862025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.7 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
3.7 km
PNWR
Nearest port
24.6 km
GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP. LINNTON WOOD CHIP DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.1 km
PORTLAND INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR13 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$87.2k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washington?
Washington's economy produced $63.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.