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Dauphin

United States · GDP 2024
#201 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$28.9B
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
157,994
Employers
6,951
Avg. wage
$66.2k
Population
293,351
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$76.2k±$1.9k
Business applications
3,998 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Hershey CompanyConsumer Defensive$11.7B83B+2Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.6B70B3Hershey Creamery Company, Inc.Consumer Defensive———4Mid Penn Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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 care39%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation11%
Admin & support11%
Manufacturing10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
293,351
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $62.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,733
International migration+6,547
Natural change+1,893

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$24.1B
2019
$23.0B
2020
$24.6B
2021
$26.2B
2022
$27.7B
2023
$28.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$236.4k±$3.8k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
5.1%±0.5%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
329 (1.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
91.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Strong wind 93Hurricane 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
412
2016
421
2017
436
2018
455
2019
474
2020
522
2021
595
2022
651
2023
693
2024
729
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.3 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
13.3 km
NS
Nearest port
21.1 km
MILLERSBURG FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
24.8 km
HARRISBURG INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

13 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KOllie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.06-15
8-KThe Hershey Company06-09
8-KOllie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.06-03
10-QOllie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.06-03
8-KThe Hershey Company05-28
8-KMid Penn Bancorp, Inc.05-12
8-KMid Penn Bancorp, Inc.05-12
8-KThe Hershey Company05-08
10-QMid Penn Bancorp, Inc.05-07
DEF 14AOllie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.04-30
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$66.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Fayette$28.9BLancaster$28.8BPassaic$29.1BAllen$29.1BLarimer$28.5BChatham$28.5B
The read

Dauphin's economy produced $28.9B in 2024, growing 4.5% 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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