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Philadelphia

United States · GDP 2024
#40 of 3,127 US counties by GDP56th-percentile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$135.0B
GDP growth
+4.9%
Jobs tracked
699,212
Employers
29,460
Avg. wage
$80.7k
Population
1,574,281
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$62.0k±$919
Business applications
31,924 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Comcast CorporationCommunication Services$123.7B86A2AramarkIndustrials$18.5B64C3Urban Outfitters, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$6.2B72B4Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.Basic Materials$5.1B78B+5Five Below, Inc.Consumer Defensive$4.8B77B+6FMC CorporationBasic Materials$3.5B64C7Carpenter Technology CorporationIndustrials$2.9B81B+8Enviri CorporationIndustrials$1.3B——9Independence Realty Trust, Inc.Real Estate$657.7M64C10Cohen & Company Inc.Financial Services$275.6M73B11Century Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$109.2M49D12WhiteHawk Minerals CorpEnergy$73.2M——13Pardee Resources CompanyEnergy$46.9M73B14Carisma Therapeutics, Inc.Healthcare$19.6M——15Ocean Thermal Energy CorporationUtilities$3.0M21D16Montague International Holding Ltd.Industrials$494.2k——17Art Technology Acquisition Corp.Financial Services$0——18BTC Development Corp.Financial Services$0——19Welsis Corp.Healthcare$021D20Abrdn Healthcare InvestorsFinancial Services———21Passage Bio, Inc.Healthcare———22FS KKR Capital Corp.Financial Services———23Northeast Development Corp., Inc.Real Estate———24Crane Harbor Acquisition Corp. II Class A Ordinary SharesFinancial Services———25Cohen Circle Acquisition Corp. IIFinancial 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 care40%
Education18%
Professional services13%
Food & accommodation12%
Retail trade11%
Management6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
1,574,281
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $61.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−103,517
International migration+57,812
Natural change+17,644

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$112.4B
2019
$107.4B
2020
$114.1B
2021
$122.1B
2022
$128.7B
2023
$135.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.1k±$2.6k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$14/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±0.4%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
3,366 (2.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
99.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 100Cold wave 100Winter weather 100
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
655
2016
703
2017
750
2018
790
2019
826
2020
894
2021
971
2022
985
2023
1021
2024
1059
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
3.8 km
I-95
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
AMTK
Nearest port
4.3 km
CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP PIER B PORT RICHMOND
Nearest commercial airport
17.5 km
PHILADELPHIA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2022):31,131,961 short tons/yr · Philadelphia Regional Port, PA
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

104 filings from 20 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KOcean Thermal Energy Corporation07-10
8-KCohen & Company Inc.07-10
8-KFS KKR Capital Corp.07-09
8-KExyn Technologies, Inc.07-07
10-QExyn Technologies, Inc.07-06
8-KFMC Corporation07-01
8-KCohen & Company Inc.06-30
8-KFS KKR Capital Corp.06-29
8-KComcast Corporation06-29
8-KContext Therapeutics Inc.06-26
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$80.7k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Riverside$134.8BSacramento$135.5BMarion$135.6BCuyahoga$135.9BAllegheny$132.9BSan Bernardino$137.9B
The read

Philadelphia's economy produced $135.0B in 2024, growing 4.9% 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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