County profile
Kittitas County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#1067 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,283
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,500
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
48,803
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$73.8k±$5.0k
Bachelor's degree+
37.0%±2.4%
Poverty rate
14.4%±1.9%
Business applications
786 · 2025
Retail establishments
187
38.9/10k 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
Food & accommodation27%
Retail trade22%
Health care20%
Construction14%
Arts & recreation11%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
48,803
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $59.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,682
International migration+288
Natural change−29
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.2B2021
$2.4B2022
$2.5B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$497.4k±$19.0k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
19.0%±2.0%
Affordability
9.7× wages
Residential permits
$107.3M
288 units · 5.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
89.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 100Landslide 98Avalanche 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3772016
4132017
4562018
4862019
5062020
5892021
6982022
7082023
7272024
7392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -47% since 20215452021
5512022
4142023
4342024
2882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.2 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
96.5 km
Seattle, WA
Nearest commercial airport
46.8 km
PANGBORN MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kittitas?
Kittitas's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.