County profile
Monroe County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#459 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
47,564
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,527
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
167,179
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$83.6k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
27.4%±1.3%
Poverty rate
10.7%±1.0%
Business applications
2,466 · 2025
Retail establishments
596
35.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Tianrong Internet Products and Services, Inc.Industrials$134.6k——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
Food & accommodation25%
Retail trade24%
Health care22%
Manufacturing16%
Transportation7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
167,179
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $56.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−493
International migration+1,122
Natural change−1,821
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.0B2019
$7.3B2020
$8.0B2021
$8.3B2022
$9.1B2023
$9.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$267.6k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
23.1%±1.2%
Affordability
5.1× wages
Residential permits
$86.0M
257 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Lightning 97Cold wave 95Winter weather 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2012016
2092017
2232018
2322019
2502020
2912021
3362022
3722023
3842024
4122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -31% since 20213702021
2492022
2222023
2782024
2572025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
DL
Nearest port
102.2 km
TRENTON MARINE TERM INC PAPER
Nearest commercial airport
44.7 km
WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $9.6B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.