County profile
Bristol County, RI
United States · GDP 2024
#1057 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+10.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,294
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,331
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
50,001
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$114.5k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
53.0%±2.6%
Poverty rate
6.5%±1.2%
Business applications
466 · 2025
Retail establishments
124
24.7/10k 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
Health care32%
Education21%
Food & accommodation16%
Manufacturing14%
Retail trade10%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
50,001
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $99.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+128
International migration+137
Natural change−1,064
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$513.8k±$22.5k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$93/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±1.5%
Affordability
9.1× wages
Residential permits
$15.8M
76 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 74Coastal flooding 66Lightning 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
8172016
8582017
8912018
9382019
9642020
10862021
12702022
14072023
15282024
16002025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 2021602021
592022
332023
252024
762025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.7 km
I-195
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
5.0 km
PRUDENCE ISLAND NAVIGATION CO
Nearest commercial airport
12.1 km
RHODE ISLAND TF GREEN INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
The read
What is the GDP of Bristol?
Bristol's economy produced $2.7B in 2024, growing 10.7% year over year — faster than 93% 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.