County profile
Susquehanna County, PA
United States · GDP 2024
#1080 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-18.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,461
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
855
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
38,237
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$68.5k±$2.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.5%±1.2%
Poverty rate
11.4%±0.9%
Business applications
352 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
36.7/10k 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%
Mining & energy22%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation14%
Manufacturing10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
38,237
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $62.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+641
International migration+102
Natural change−839
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.3B2019
$1.9B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.9B2022
$3.2B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.4k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$933/mo±$35/mo
Vacancy rate
27.3%±1.1%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$19.5M
61 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 81Hurricane 75Ice storm 52
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1532016
1502017
1522018
1542019
1622020
1752021
1972022
2042023
2062024
2302025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 3% since 2021592021
692022
762023
702024
612025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.8 km
I-81
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
NS
Nearest port
149.0 km
KINGSTON RECYCLING DEPOT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
45.5 km
GREATER BINGHAMTON/EDWIN A LINK FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Susquehanna?
Susquehanna's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, contracting 18.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.