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County profile

Stafford

United States · GDP 2024
#512 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.3B
GDP growth
+3.1%
Jobs tracked
35,383
Employers
2,570
Avg. wage
$65.9k
Population
170,803
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$137.8k±$4.8k
Business applications
2,875 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 trade21%
Professional services19%
Health care17%
Finance & insurance16%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
170,803
residents · 2025 · +8.3% since 2020
Income per capita $70.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,308
International migration+2,863
Natural change+4,020

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$6.0B
2019
$6.5B
2020
$7.1B
2021
$7.6B
2022
$8.1B
2023
$8.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$485.1k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$2.0k/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
4.3%±0.7%
Affordability
7.4× wages
Residential permits
450 (2.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
65.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 84Heat wave 79Hurricane 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
478
2016
491
2017
511
2018
532
2019
549
2020
620
2021
696
2022
750
2023
790
2024
825
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$65.9k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Monroe$8.3BGrayson$8.4BFranklin$8.4BMorgan$8.4BMuskegon$8.4BJefferson$8.3B
The read

Stafford's economy produced $8.3B in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% 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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