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Berkeley

United States · GDP 2024
#644 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 61% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.1B
GDP growth
+8.7%
Jobs tracked
29,303
Employers
1,859
Avg. wage
$54.7k
Population
139,522
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$80.8k±$2.6k
Business applications
1,578 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Health care28%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation16%
Transportation11%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
139,522
residents · 2025 · +13.7% since 2020
Income per capita $57.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+15,280
International migration+413
Natural change+1,090

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B
2019
$4.3B
2020
$4.7B
2021
$5.1B
2022
$5.6B
2023
$6.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$266.3k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$69/mo
Vacancy rate
5.2%±1.0%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
1,140 (8.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
68.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 85Hurricane 80Landslide 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
217
2016
229
2017
244
2018
255
2019
260
2020
295
2021
348
2022
359
2023
385
2024
407
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Clark$6.1BSummit$6.1BRandall$6.1BHarrison$6.0BGeauga$6.1BSandoval$6.1B
The read

Berkeley's economy produced $6.1B in 2024, growing 8.7% 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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