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York

United States · GDP 2024
#206 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 90% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$28.4B
GDP growth
+4.1%
Jobs tracked
176,202
Employers
8,840
Avg. wage
$59.8k
Population
473,197
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$84.8k±$1.5k
Business applications
4,845 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$2.6B——2Utz Brands, Inc.Consumer Defensive$1.4B53D3Hanover Foods CorporationConsumer Defensive$361.3M——4The York Water CompanyUtilities$77.0M56C

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
Manufacturing27%
Health care23%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation10%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
473,197
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+12,207
International migration+4,780
Natural change−450

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$22.5B
2019
$21.9B
2020
$23.5B
2021
$25.6B
2022
$27.3B
2023
$28.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$248.6k±$2.7k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$24/mo
Vacancy rate
4.4%±0.4%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
1,589 (3.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
90.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Strong wind 93Lightning 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
412
2016
430
2017
444
2018
462
2019
478
2020
529
2021
605
2022
653
2023
697
2024
737
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.0 km
I-83
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
NCRA
Nearest port
59.0 km
Baltimore, MD
Nearest commercial airport
30.4 km
HARRISBURG INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

11 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KUtz Brands, Inc.05-28
10-QUtz Brands, Inc.05-06
8-KUtz Brands, Inc.05-06
8-KThe York Water Company05-05
8-KThe York Water Company05-05
10-QThe York Water Company05-05
8-KUtz Brands, Inc.04-27
8-KThe York Water Company04-22
8-KThe York Water Company04-17
8-KThe York Water Company04-16
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$59.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Chatham$28.5BLarimer$28.5BLancaster$28.8BFayette$28.9BDauphin$28.9BNueces$27.9B
The read

York's economy produced $28.4B in 2024, growing 4.1% 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.
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