County profile
Perry County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1589 of 3,127 US counties by GDP64th-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,058
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
789
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,806
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$79.4k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.2%±1.4%
Poverty rate
8.0%±1.1%
Business applications
438 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
26.6/10k 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
Retail trade26%
Transportation22%
Health care16%
Construction15%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,806
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,019
International migration+231
Natural change−263
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.0B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$236.4k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$874/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
8.7%±1.0%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$35.3M
127 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 84Winter weather 77Hurricane 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2452016
2512017
2582018
2662019
2792020
2992021
3302022
3652023
3882024
4102025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 15% since 20211102021
1202022
952023
1072024
1272025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.8 km
I-76
Nearest freight rail
14.1 km
NS
Nearest port
28.5 km
LIVERPOOL FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
48.0 km
HARRISBURG INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Perry?
Perry's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 5.6% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.