Places/WA/Franklin County, WA
County profile

Franklin County, WA

United States · GDP 2024
#661 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 92% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
24,069
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,968
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
102,612
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$86.7k±$4.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.1%±1.7%
Poverty rate
13.1%±2.3%
Business applications
1,236 · 2025
Retail establishments
228
22.5/10k pop

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 trade22%
Manufacturing21%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade13%
Transportation12%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
102,612
residents · 2025 · +5.6% since 2020
Income per capita $50.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration1,920
International migration+2,885
Natural change+4,451

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$4.0B
2019
$4.2B
2020
$4.7B
2021
$5.4B
2022
$5.4B
2023
$5.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$379.3k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
4.1%±1.0%
Affordability
6.9× wages
Residential permits
$180.2M
768 units · 7.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 88Wildfire 85Earthquake 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
478
2016
521
2017
578
2018
624
2019
666
2020
765
2021
902
2022
920
2023
942
2024
948
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
16% since 2021
663
2021
644
2022
923
2023
974
2024
768
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.4 km
I-182
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
23.4 km
WINDUST
Nearest commercial airport
34.5 km
TRI-CITIES
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$55.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Franklin?

Franklin's economy produced $5.8B in 2024, growing 7.1% year over yearfaster 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.