County profile
Jefferson County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1337 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,508
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,113
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,255
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$58.7k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±1.1%
Poverty rate
14.1%±1.6%
Business applications
333 · 2025
Retail establishments
152
35.1/10k 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
Manufacturing38%
Health care24%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,255
residents · 2025 · -2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−328
International migration+45
Natural change−942
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$139.7k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$750/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
16.9%±0.9%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 87Winter weather 80Landslide 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1342016
1462017
1552018
1542019
1582020
1712021
1842022
1962023
2162024
2212025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 2021462021
602022
432023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.1 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.7 km
BPRR
Nearest port
52.4 km
GLACIAL SAND & GRAVEL
Nearest commercial airport
10.2 km
DUBOIS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.5k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% 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.