County profile
Elk County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1356 of 3,127 US counties by GDP32nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 6% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
12,841
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
898
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,926
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.6%±2.1%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.4%
Business applications
221 · 2025
Retail establishments
113
37.6/10k 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
Manufacturing57%
Health care13%
Retail trade12%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
29,926
residents · 2025 · -3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $56.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−178
International migration+24
Natural change−862
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$133.6k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$719/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
21.1%±1.9%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$5.3M
23 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
45.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 79Landslide 70Winter weather 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1182016
1232017
1242018
1312019
1322020
1442021
1652022
1742023
1852024
1952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 10% since 2021212021
362022
352023
482024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
BPRR
Nearest port
95.9 km
GLACIAL SAND & GRAVEL
Nearest commercial airport
34.4 km
DUBOIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Elk?
Elk's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 2.4% year over year — slower than 68% of 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.