County profile
Skamania County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#2492 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$432.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,624
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
214
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,669
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.1%
Median HH income
$93.3k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
29.8%±2.9%
Poverty rate
8.1%±1.6%
Business applications
228 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
21.4/10k 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 & accommodation40%
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade15%
Construction9%
Health care8%
Admin & support3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,669
residents · 2025 · +5.2% since 2020
Income per capita $69.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+679
International migration+43
Natural change−98
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$285.3M2019
$292.6M2020
$338.3M2021
$392.0M2022
$414.0M2023
$432.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$529.5k±$39.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$115/mo
Vacancy rate
16.0%±2.3%
Affordability
10.5× wages
Residential permits
$13.4M
55 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.9k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Volcanic 97Wildfire 94Earthquake 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1932016
2112017
2302018
2422019
2522020
2852021
3492022
3702023
3672024
3702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -27% since 2021752021
802022
612023
352024
552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.9 km
I-84
Nearest freight rail
34.9 km
BNSF
Nearest port
36.9 km
CASCADE LOCKS LUMBER CO.
Nearest commercial airport
71.5 km
PORTLAND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.6k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Skamania?
Skamania's economy produced $432.4M in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.