Places/WA/Snohomish County, WA
County profile

Snohomish County, WA

United States · GDP 2024
#96 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 72% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$62.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
283,649
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
20,258
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$78.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
870,656
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$111.2k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
38.2%±0.6%
Poverty rate
8.0%±0.4%
Business applications
14,411 · 2025
Retail establishments
2,118
24.6/10k pop
Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing28%
Health care22%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Construction13%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
870,656
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $78.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration4,645
International migration+28,167
Natural change+17,346

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$53.7B
2019
$47.4B
2020
$49.4B
2021
$53.5B
2022
$59.2B
2023
$62.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$696.0k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$1.9k/mo±$22/mo
Vacancy rate
4.6%±0.3%
Affordability
8.8× wages
Residential permits
$993.4M
3,372 units · 3.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
97.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 100Earthquake 99Ice storm 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
1055
2016
1184
2017
1304
2018
1361
2019
1430
2020
1661
2021
1961
2022
1999
2023
2128
2024
2156
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-34% since 2021
5,122
2021
3,101
2022
3,487
2023
4,149
2024
3,372
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.7 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
20.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
35.9 km
KIMBERLY-CLARK CORP-RIVERSIDE WOODPLANT LOG DMP&LF
Nearest commercial airport
46.3 km
SEATTLE PAINE FLD INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

6 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.

Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$78.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Snohomish?

Snohomish's economy produced $62.0B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over yearabout the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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.