Places/WA/Clark County, WA
County profile

Clark County, WA

United States · GDP 2024
#178 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$33.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
159,914
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
12,552
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
532,119
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$97.5k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
33.3%
Poverty rate
8.0%±0.5%
Business applications
9,863 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,072
20.4/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.Technology$1.2B60C2Barrett Business Services, Inc.Industrials$1.2B70B3NWPX Infrastructure, Inc.Industrials$526.0M73B4nLIGHT, Inc.Technology$261.3M62C5Absci CorporationHealthcare$2.8M47D6Adaptive Ad Systems, Inc.Communication Services$1.9M45D7CytoDyn Inc.Healthcare$08Riverview Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services

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
Health care24%
Construction19%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing14%
Professional services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
532,119
residents · 2025 · +5.3% since 2020
Income per capita $72.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+15,206
International migration+5,761
Natural change+5,920

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$23.2B
2019
$23.8B
2020
$27.2B
2021
$29.4B
2022
$31.4B
2023
$33.4B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$522.9k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
4.1%±0.4%
Affordability
7.6× wages
Residential permits
$1.3B
3,250 units · 6.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
92.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 98Cold wave 97Heat wave 96
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
813
2016
892
2017
963
2018
1012
2019
1056
2020
1211
2021
1410
2022
1439
2023
1475
2024
1505
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-42% since 2021
5,602
2021
4,194
2022
3,500
2023
3,594
2024
3,250
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.6 km
I-205
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
PVJR
Nearest port
11.4 km
Port of Vancouver USA, WA
Nearest commercial airport
22.9 km
PORTLAND INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):8,071,823 short tons/yr · Port of Vancouver USA, WA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$68.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Clark?

Clark's economy produced $33.4B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over yearfaster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

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.