County profile
Potter County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1800 of 3,127 US counties by GDP30th-percentile growthmore diversified than 42% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,292
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
344
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,897
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$59.0k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.3%
Poverty rate
13.0%±1.8%
Business applications
125 · 2025
Retail establishments
64
40.0/10k 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
Health care34%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade16%
Information14%
Transportation8%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,897
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $50.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−60
International migration+5
Natural change−428
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$934.5M2019
$907.4M2020
$979.1M2021
$930.6M2022
$1.0B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.1k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$809/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
43.6%±1.1%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$4.2M
21 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 83Avalanche 67Hurricane 58
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1332016
1292017
1422018
1392019
1452020
1622021
1762022
1922023
2172024
2222025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -13% since 2021242021
332022
212023
182024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.5 km
I-86
Nearest freight rail
24.8 km
WNYP
Nearest port
143.8 km
GATEWAY METROPORT (SUBSIDIARY NEW ENTERPRISE STONE & LIME) LACKAWANNA CANAL WEST DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
62.1 km
BRADFORD RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Potter?
Potter's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 2.1% year over year — slower than 70% of 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.