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Thurston

United States · GDP 2024
#243 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 57% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$21.6B
GDP growth
+8.3%
Jobs tracked
86,664
Employers
6,656
Avg. wage
$68.2k
Population
304,261
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$96.6k±$1.9k
Business applications
4,614 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Heritage Financial CorporationFinancial Services———2MHHC Enterprises, Inc.Financial Services———

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 care38%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction9%
Other services8%
Professional services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
304,261
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $69.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+5,258
International migration+2,490
Natural change+539

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.7B
2019
$14.9B
2020
$16.6B
2021
$18.7B
2022
$19.9B
2023
$21.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$480.3k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$1.7k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
5.0%±0.6%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
1,669 (5.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
94.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$2.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 99Earthquake 99Volcanic 94
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
696
2016
763
2017
841
2018
901
2019
965
2020
1121
2021
1318
2022
1338
2023
1399
2024
1432
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.2 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
1.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
15.1 km
PORT OF OLYMPIA, TERMINAL WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
70.3 km
SEATTLE-TACOMA INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KHeritage Financial Corporation05-08
10-QHeritage Financial Corporation05-08
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation04-23
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation03-23
DEF 14AHeritage Financial Corporation03-20
10-KHeritage Financial Corporation02-27
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation02-02
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation01-22
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation01-22
8-KHeritage Financial Corporation01-16
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$68.2k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Buncombe$21.3BLinn$21.9BSanta Cruz$21.1BOttawa$21.0BNew Hanover$21.0BNorthampton$21.0B
The read

Thurston's economy produced $21.6B in 2024, growing 8.3% 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.
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