County profile
Mercer County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#674 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
40,948
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,611
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
107,860
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$60.0k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±1.2%
Poverty rate
13.2%±1.0%
Business applications
976 · 2025
Retail establishments
433
40.0/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Fast Casual Concepts, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$65.7k31D2Halberd CorporationHealthcare———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
Manufacturing28%
Health care27%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services6%
Education6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
107,860
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+386
International migration+63
Natural change−3,119
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.6B2019
$4.3B2020
$4.6B2021
$5.0B2022
$5.3B2023
$5.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.0k±$3.2k
Median gross rent
$843/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±0.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$25.0M
90 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
77.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$996/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 87Winter weather 78Hail 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2682016
2762017
2832018
2912019
2972020
3302021
3652022
3922023
4292024
4362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 5% since 2021862021
1022022
652023
762024
902025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.4 km
I-79
Nearest freight rail
1.5 km
CN
Nearest port
67.2 km
BEAVER CONCRETE AND GRAVEL CO., EAST ROCHESTER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
34.2 km
VENANGO RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.9k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $5.5B in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.