County profile
San Juan County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#1682 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 84% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,378
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,040
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,577
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$84.8k±$5.9k
Bachelor's degree+
53.9%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.3%±1.4%
Business applications
422 · 2025
Retail establishments
103
55.5/10k 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
Food & accommodation25%
Construction23%
Retail trade22%
Health care11%
Admin & support11%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,577
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $100.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+959
International migration+148
Natural change−296
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$827.0M2019
$839.6M2020
$974.7M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$799.2k±$22.9k
Median gross rent
$1.5k/mo±$112/mo
Vacancy rate
35.6%±1.5%
Affordability
15.4× wages
Residential permits
$49.1M
81 units · 4.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Earthquake 89Landslide 62Winter weather 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2102016
2302017
2522018
2552019
2712020
3132021
3562022
4092023
3992024
4112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -48% since 20211552021
1082022
992023
1002024
812025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.6 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
14.6 km
ARR
Nearest port
2.4 km
ORCAS ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL WASH
Nearest commercial airport
8.2 km
FRIDAY HARBOR
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):10,579,905 short tons/yr · Anacortes, WA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.0k
avg. annual pay · +36% since 2019
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What is the GDP of San Juan?
San Juan's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 4.3% 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.