County profile
Schuylkill County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#612 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
41,596
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,705
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
145,085
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$68.3k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±1.0%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.0%
Business applications
1,261 · 2025
Retail establishments
443
30.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1EPAM Systems, Inc.Technology$5.5B75B+2FNB Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services$34.2M——3Onconova Therapeutics, Inc.Financial Services$2.8M47D4Solana CompanyHealthcare$548.0k49DHQ-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
Manufacturing29%
Health care22%
Transportation20%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
145,085
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $53.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,475
International migration+755
Natural change−4,036
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.1B2019
$5.0B2020
$5.3B2021
$6.0B2022
$6.2B2023
$6.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.0k±$3.5k
Median gross rent
$876/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±1.0%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$50.1M
211 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
85.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 96Strong wind 90Landslide 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2182016
2222017
2302018
2392019
2472020
2742021
3222022
3352023
3812024
4042025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 52% since 20211392021
1532022
1452023
2392024
2112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.5 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
RBMN
Nearest port
65.7 km
MILLERSBURG FERRY LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
42.2 km
READING RGNL/CARL A SPAATZ FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR4 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Schuylkill?
Schuylkill's economy produced $6.5B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.