County profile
Jefferson County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#1344 of 3,127 US counties by GDP68th-percentile growthmore diversified than 67% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,237
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
991
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,970
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
43.9%±2.1%
Poverty rate
11.1%±1.6%
Business applications
589 · 2025
Retail establishments
117
34.5/10k 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
Health care27%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade19%
Construction12%
Manufacturing11%
Other services11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,970
residents · 2025 · +2.7% since 2020
Income per capita $72.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,177
International migration+145
Natural change−1,371
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$535.0k±$27.2k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$120/mo
Vacancy rate
16.4%±2.1%
Affordability
9.7× wages
Residential permits
$72.4M
218 units · 6.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Earthquake 95Winter weather 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6062016
6582017
7152018
7652019
8052020
9252021
11042022
11332023
11912024
12092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 20212742021
2692022
1582023
1472024
2182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
94.7 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
61.3 km
PVTX
Nearest port
42.9 km
PORT ANGELES MARINE INC.PORT OF PORT ANGELES SHPYD
Nearest commercial airport
95.7 km
FRIDAY HARBOR
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 6.0% year over year — faster 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.