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Berkeley

United States · GDP 2024
#336 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$14.3B
GDP growth
+10.4%
Jobs tracked
61,856
Employers
4,230
Avg. wage
$64.9k
Population
274,666
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$84.4k±$2.3k
Business applications
5,239 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1HireQuest, Inc.Industrials$29.0M67B

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 trade23%
Manufacturing22%
Transportation17%
Food & accommodation16%
Health care11%
Professional services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
274,666
residents · 2025 · +18.7% since 2020
Income per capita $58.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+32,344
International migration+5,628
Natural change+4,733

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$8.8B
2019
$8.9B
2020
$9.8B
2021
$11.1B
2022
$13.0B
2023
$14.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$310.3k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±0.8%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
2,299 (8.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hurricane 98Earthquake 98Wildfire 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
376
2016
410
2017
440
2018
471
2019
491
2020
559
2021
663
2022
726
2023
754
2024
769
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

6 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KHireQuest, Inc.06-22
8-KHireQuest, Inc.05-12
10-QHireQuest, Inc.05-12
8-KHireQuest, Inc.05-12
8-KHireQuest, Inc.05-08
DEF 14AHireQuest, Inc.04-30
10-KHireQuest, Inc.03-31
8-KHireQuest, Inc.03-30
8-KHireQuest, Inc.03-06
8-KHireQuest, Inc.02-17
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$64.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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The read

Berkeley's economy produced $14.3B in 2024, growing 10.4% year over year — faster than 92% of 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.
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