County profile
Grays Harbor County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#834 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,927
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,558
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
78,144
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$64.4k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.2%
Poverty rate
15.3%±1.8%
Business applications
1,006 · 2025
Retail establishments
248
31.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Pacific Financial CorporationFinancial Services———2Timberland 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
Retail trade24%
Health care23%
Food & accommodation20%
Manufacturing16%
Construction10%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
78,144
residents · 2025 · +3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $53.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,573
International migration+714
Natural change−1,977
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.6B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$314.0k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±1.5%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$64.6M
224 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tsunami 100Coastal flooding 99Earthquake 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4452016
4872017
5482018
6102019
6592020
7942021
9562022
9642023
9952024
10262025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20214322021
4132022
2802023
2882024
2242025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
66.6 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
18.3 km
PSAP
Nearest port
4.3 km
Grays Harbor Port District, WA
Nearest commercial airport
115.2 km
SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):3,226,346 short tons/yr · Grays Harbor Port District, WA
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Grays Harbor?
Grays Harbor's economy produced $3.8B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.