County profile
Forest County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#2761 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 18% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$269.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
721
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
95
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,614
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$52.2k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
12.3%±1.8%
Poverty rate
11.9%±2.3%
Business applications
33 · 2025
Retail establishments
19
28.8/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Food & accommodation26%
Health care16%
Retail trade14%
Transportation7%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,614
residents · 2025 · -5.1% since 2020
Income per capita $30.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−17
International migration+10
Natural change−378
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$250.7M2019
$249.2M2020
$243.0M2021
$264.9M2022
$267.1M2023
$269.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$115.3k±$9.0k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
72.3%±1.1%
Affordability
2.1× wages
Residential permits
$398.6k
2 units · 0.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 90Landslide 61Hurricane 52
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -75% since 202182021
12022
62023
32024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
8.4 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
76.6 km
GLACIAL SAND & GRAVEL
Nearest commercial airport
46.6 km
DUBOIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Forest?
Forest's economy produced $269.7M in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% 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.