County profile
Blair County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#525 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
53,149
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,178
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
119,541
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$62.4k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±1.1%
Poverty rate
12.0%±1.0%
Business applications
983 · 2025
Retail establishments
493
41.1/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation9%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
119,541
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−494
International migration+382
Natural change−3,064
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.3B2019
$6.3B2020
$6.8B2021
$7.2B2022
$7.7B2023
$8.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.1k±$3.1k
Median gross rent
$885/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
9.6%±1.0%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$27.6M
86 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 93Landslide 86Hurricane 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2612016
2702017
2722018
2822019
2862020
3062021
3392022
3622023
3612024
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 2021942021
1232022
1102023
872024
862025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.2 km
I-99
Nearest freight rail
4.2 km
NS
Nearest port
104.8 km
ASBURY GRAPHITE MILLS, APPLEWOLD DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
20.6 km
ALTOONA/BLAIR COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDPNearby & same-state counties
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What is the GDP of Blair?
Blair's economy produced $8.0B in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.