County profile
Luzerne County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#254 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 86% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$20.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
139,382
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
7,212
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
332,126
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$63.7k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±0.8%
Poverty rate
15.3%±0.7%
Business applications
3,840 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,133
34.2/10k 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 care27%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
332,126
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $55.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,273
International migration+7,183
Natural change−5,418
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$16.2B2019
$15.6B2020
$16.9B2021
$18.1B2022
$19.6B2023
$20.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$174.1k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
10.7%±0.6%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$90.0M
295 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
91.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Lightning 95Cold wave 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3222016
3302017
3392018
3522019
3622020
4032021
4742022
5022023
5522024
5822025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -19% since 20213652021
2832022
2962023
3252024
2952025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.1 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
NS
Nearest port
108.5 km
MILLERSBURG FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
28.5 km
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Luzerne?
Luzerne's economy produced $20.6B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.