County profile
Orleans County, VT
United States · GDP 2024
#1479 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,184
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
782
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,600
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$70.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
30.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.7%±1.4%
Business applications
300 · 2025
Retail establishments
120
43.3/10k 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
Food & accommodation24%
Health care23%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing18%
Construction8%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,600
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+854
International migration+35
Natural change−681
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$223.4k±$5.1k
Median gross rent
$892/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
27.9%±1.9%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$11.4M
41 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
36.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):no HUD FMR published for this area
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 73Winter weather 71Hurricane 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1622016
1622017
1632018
1662019
1722020
1982021
2402022
2672023
2902024
2832025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -78% since 20211862021
1702022
1492023
1752024
412025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.8 km
I-91
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
VTR
Nearest port
86.8 km
FERRY DOCK BURLINGTON VT
Nearest commercial airport
82.2 km
PATRICK LEAHY BURLINGTON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Orleans?
Orleans's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 7.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.