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Dorchester

United States · GDP 2024
#603 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 80% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.7B
GDP growth
+9.1%
Jobs tracked
33,506
Employers
2,861
Avg. wage
$51.1k
Population
178,397
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$78.2k±$3.0k
Business applications
3,042 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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 trade23%
Manufacturing22%
Food & accommodation20%
Health care18%
Professional services9%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
178,397
residents · 2025 · +10.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+11,843
International migration+2,160
Natural change+2,157

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B
2019
$4.3B
2020
$4.7B
2021
$5.5B
2022
$6.1B
2023
$6.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$329.3k±$5.5k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
6.9%±0.8%
Affordability
6.4× wages
Residential permits
1,596 (8.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
93.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 98Hurricane 98Ice storm 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
413
2016
436
2017
480
2018
512
2019
525
2020
593
2021
710
2022
771
2023
822
2024
837
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.1 km
I-26
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
NS
Nearest port
34.8 km
Port of Charleston, SC
Nearest commercial airport
39.4 km
CHARLESTON AFB/INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Allegan$6.7BSussex$6.7BBuchanan$6.7BBradley$6.7BFond du Lac$6.7BCabell$6.7B
The read

Dorchester's economy produced $6.7B in 2024, growing 9.1% year over year — faster than most 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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