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Whatcom

United States · GDP 2024
#251 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 95% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$20.6B
GDP growth
+0.3%
Jobs tracked
80,648
Employers
7,146
Avg. wage
$62.0k
Population
236,392
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$81.8k±$2.7k
Business applications
3,825 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1eXp World Holdings, Inc. Common StockTechnology$4.8B60C2Pengram CorporationBasic Materials$0——3Terrace Ventures Inc.Basic Materials$0——4PayChest, Inc.Consumer Defensive$0——53DX Industries, Inc.Technology$0——6Hollund Industrial Marine, Inc.Industrials———7Peoples BancorpFinancial Services———8Black Rock Petroleum CompanyEnergy———9Homestead Gold and Silver LtdCommunication 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 care21%
Retail trade20%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing17%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
236,392
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $65.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,228
International migration+2,706
Natural change−344

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$14.3B
2019
$14.1B
2020
$17.2B
2021
$20.0B
2022
$20.6B
2023
$20.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$585.8k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$1.6k/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±0.7%
Affordability
9.5× wages
Residential permits
1,214 (5.1/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
91.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.8k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Avalanche 98Earthquake 98Landslide 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
931
2016
1035
2017
1133
2018
1217
2019
1275
2020
1462
2021
1725
2022
1742
2023
1872
2024
1911
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.9 km
I-5
Nearest freight rail
34.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
56.5 km
CITY OF BELLINGHAM, WHATCOM CREEK WATERWAY WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
59.8 km
BELLINGHAM INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

10 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

10-QBlack Rock Petroleum Company06-12
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock06-11
10-QBlack Rock Petroleum Company06-04
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock05-29
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock05-12
10-QeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock05-11
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock05-11
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock05-07
8-KeXp World Holdings, Inc. Common Stock04-24
10-QBlack Rock Petroleum Company04-23
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$62.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Anoka$20.6BElkhart$20.6BLuzerne$20.6BKalamazoo$20.7BYolo$20.5BOsceola$20.4B
The read

Whatcom's economy produced $20.6B in 2024, growing 0.3% year over year — slower than 79% of 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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