County profile
Whitman County, WA
United States · GDP 2024
#909 of 3,127 US counties by GDP52nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 55% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,417
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
873
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$60.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
48,512
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$55.4k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
49.8%±3.2%
Poverty rate
22.7%±1.9%
Business applications
665 · 2025
Retail establishments
96
20.1/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Health care24%
Food & accommodation20%
Retail trade15%
Wholesale trade7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
48,512
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $51.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−998
International migration+1,446
Natural change+304
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.7B2019
$2.7B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.5B2022
$3.2B2023
$3.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$359.6k±$15.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
15.3%±2.1%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$8.5M
26 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
39.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 92Wildfire 68Cold wave 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4782016
4992017
5402018
5802019
6112020
6982021
8192022
8702023
8682024
8772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -94% since 20214202021
2792022
2582023
442024
262025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
56.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
PCC
Nearest port
22.5 km
ALMOTA ELEVATOR CO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.9 km
PULLMAN/MOSCOW RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$60.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Whitman?
Whitman's economy produced $3.4B in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about 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.