County profile
Wheeler County, OR
United States · GDP 2024
#3094 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$52.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
166
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
29
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,472
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$55.3k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.8%±5.3%
Poverty rate
10.8%±3.7%
Business applications
24 · 2025
Retail establishments
6
41.3/10k 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
Retail trade47%
Food & accommodation34%
Construction12%
Other services7%
share of top-4 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,472
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+78
International migration+1
Natural change−64
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$34.3M2019
$35.5M2020
$36.2M2021
$45.4M2022
$55.0M2023
$52.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$272.4k±$19.1k
Median gross rent
$870/mo±$182/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±5.4%
Affordability
6.5× wages
Residential permits
Census BPS
FEMA risk score
7.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 89Lightning 88Landslide 70
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
111.1 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
78.9 km
COP
Nearest port
111.9 km
CARGILL ARLINGTON GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
103.3 km
ROBERTS FLD/REDMOND MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.7k
avg. annual pay · +34% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Wheeler?
Wheeler's economy produced $52.3M in 2024, contracting 5.0% year over year — slower than 90% 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.