County profile
Wahkiakum County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#3011 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$132.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
478
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
98
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,873
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.5%
Median HH income
$62.7k±$10.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%±4.8%
Poverty rate
17.8%±5.4%
Business applications
91 · 2025
Retail establishments
12
24.9/10k 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
Agriculture25%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Construction13%
Information7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,873
residents · 2025 · +9.6% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+593
International migration+1
Natural change−161
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$96.3M2019
$107.9M2020
$111.1M2021
$126.4M2022
$132.4M2023
$132.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$396.8k±$42.1k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$318/mo
Vacancy rate
6.7%±3.2%
Affordability
9.2× wages
Residential permits
$6.1M
21 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
19.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 81Earthquake 75Coastal flooding 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2202016
2522017
2632018
2852019
2972020
3332021
3872022
4322023
4642024
4572025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -34% since 2021322021
402022
272023
232024
212025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
39.3 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
8.5 km
PNWR
Nearest port
11.2 km
BRUSCO DOCK, CATHLAMET
Nearest commercial airport
101.1 km
PORTLAND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +13% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wahkiakum?
Wahkiakum's economy produced $132.8M in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is agriculture.
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.