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Berks

United States · GDP 2024
#212 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$26.6B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
172,167
Employers
8,521
Avg. wage
$61.4k
Population
440,072
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$79.8k±$1.2k
Business applications
4,256 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1PENN Entertainment, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$7.0B53D2EnerSysIndustrials$3.8B71B3Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.Real Estate$1.6B69B4Hydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.Industrials$134.3M25D5Customers Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$40.2M47D6Fleetwood Bank CorporationFinancial Services$16.8M45D7USA Recycling Industries, Inc.Financial Services$0——8BlaqClouds Inc.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
Health care29%
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Transportation8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
440,072
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,271
International migration+9,494
Natural change+589

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$21.2B
2019
$20.7B
2020
$22.2B
2021
$24.1B
2022
$25.4B
2023
$26.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$257.3k±$3.6k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
4.9%±0.4%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
582 (1.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
92.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 99Strong wind 98Lightning 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
323
2016
337
2017
351
2018
363
2019
380
2020
424
2021
488
2022
537
2023
574
2024
606
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.4 km
I-176
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
NS
Nearest port
79.8 km
Metro Machine Corp. of Pennsylvania, Pier No. 3A.
Nearest commercial airport
5.3 km
READING RGNL/CARL A SPAATZ FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

26 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KHydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.07-09
8-KCustomers Bancorp, Inc.07-08
DEF 14AEnerSys07-02
8-KHydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.06-26
8-KHydrofarm Holdings Group, Inc.06-22
8-KPENN Entertainment, Inc.06-18
8-KGaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.06-05
8-KPENN Entertainment, Inc.05-28
8-KEnerSys05-28
8-KCustomers Bancorp, Inc.05-28
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$61.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
St. Charles$26.4BNorfolk (Independent City)$26.8BManatee$26.3BGalveston$26.3BClayton$26.3BBenton$26.1B
The read

Berks's economy produced $26.6B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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