County profile
Adams County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#1547 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+23.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,759
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
401
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
21,488
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
19.5%±4.2%
Business applications
225 · 2025
Retail establishments
49
23.0/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care22%
Retail trade16%
Wholesale trade12%
Transportation11%
Food & accommodation10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
21,488
residents · 2025 · +4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−835
International migration+603
Natural change+1,125
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$907.5M2019
$939.6M2020
$997.1M2021
$1.4B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$273.3k±$15.0k
Median gross rent
$877/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.3%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$9.6M
33 units · 1.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
23.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 85Cold wave 65Earthquake 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4542016
4782017
5242018
5652019
6182020
6992021
8532022
9292023
9482024
9682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -59% since 2021802021
462022
572023
852024
332025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.3 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
46.6 km
CONNEL-ODESSA GRAIN
Nearest commercial airport
62.5 km
GRANT COUNTY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Adams?
Adams's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 23.5% year over year — faster than 99% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.