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Northampton

United States · GDP 2024
#248 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$21.0B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
121,192
Employers
6,529
Avg. wage
$57.5k
Population
324,411
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$89.2k±$2.1k
Business applications
3,668 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Paragon Technologies, Inc.Technology$144.4M52D2OraSure Technologies, Inc.Healthcare$115.0M67B3Eightco Holdings Inc.Technology$33.0M28D4ProtoSource CorporationTechnology$0——5Embassy Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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 care21%
Transportation21%
Manufacturing18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation15%
Wholesale trade9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
324,411
residents · 2025 · +3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+10,212
International migration+4,576
Natural change−2,733

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$16.5B
2019
$16.1B
2020
$17.1B
2021
$18.9B
2022
$20.2B
2023
$21.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$308.6k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±0.6%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
1,050 (3.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 96Heat wave 94Lightning 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
464
2016
484
2017
507
2018
525
2019
550
2020
618
2021
707
2022
775
2023
822
2024
873
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.7 km
I-78
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
NS
Nearest port
71.8 km
TRENTON MARINE TERM INC PAPER
Nearest commercial airport
16.1 km
LEHIGH VALLEY INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

29 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KEightco Holdings Inc.07-09
8-KEightco Holdings Inc.07-02
8-KEightco Holdings Inc.06-25
8-KEightco Holdings Inc.06-18
8-KEmbassy Bancorp, Inc.06-18
8-KEmbassy Bancorp, Inc.06-17
8-KEmbassy Bancorp, Inc.06-17
8-KOraSure Technologies, Inc.06-11
8-KEightco Holdings Inc.06-11
8-KEightco Holdings Inc.06-04
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Alachua$20.9BNew Hanover$21.0BOttawa$21.0BSanta Cruz$21.1BKalamazoo$20.7BBuncombe$21.3B
The read

Northampton's economy produced $21.0B in 2024, growing 3.9% 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.
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