Industry · NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

The United States has 291,155 employer establishments in transportation and warehousing (8.6 per 10,000 residents), employing 6,548,924 people at an average annual pay of $61,391, plus 4,484,838 nonemployer businesses.

In the United States

Establishments
291,155
4,484,838 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents
8.6
Paid employees
6,548,924
Average annual pay
$61,391

Places ranked by residents per establishment

Places ranked by residents per establishment: more residents for each business, fewer competitors per resident. A count, not a measure of demand: retirement areas, low incomes or tourism change what a business needs.

Places
State
Size
Transportation and warehousing by residents per establishment
#Placevs US
1Ithaca, NY104,453293,6022.80.32×468$54,919494
2Torrington, CT113,508333,4402.90.34×307$48,632710
3Boulder, CO327,945993,31330.35×1,833$51,1962,189
4Wildwood-The Villages, FL151,889493,1003.20.37×607$55,392742
5Lawton, OK127,338432,9613.40.39×590$61,983833
6Amherst Town-Northampton, MA165,217582,8493.50.41×715$45,357716
7Lawrence, KS120,727442,7443.60.42×674$46,347936
8Johnson City, TN213,324782,7353.70.42×607$44,2501,420
9Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI176,299652,7123.70.43×954$72,784931
10Jacksonville, NC210,955802,6373.80.44×614$38,4842,052
11Richmond-Berea, KY127,624492,6053.80.44×385$49,491928
12Clarksville, TN-KY340,0831312,5963.90.45×3,117$55,1933,902
13Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA263,3221032,5573.90.45×1,583$49,6771,110
14Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC106,915422,5463.90.45×795$57,674618
15Massena-Ogdensburg, NY106,607422,5383.90.46×870$60,257375
16Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA277,3581102,52140.46×1,238$57,3491,726
17Tucson, AZ1,065,2394362,4434.10.47×11,751$66,42710,223
18Muncie, IN112,341462,4424.10.47×789$70,223686
19Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT280,7761152,4424.10.47×3,342$50,5752,437
20Homosassa Springs, FL166,667722,3154.30.50×214$47,0891,405
21Tallahassee, FL394,5511722,2944.40.50×1,633$44,3303,862
22Killeen-Temple, TX502,4972242,2434.50.52×3,734$49,5635,612
23Show Low, AZ109,197492,2294.50.52×530$44,419549
24Athens-Clarke County, GA222,6511002,2274.50.52×1,485$49,9791,753
25Jackson, MI159,607722,2174.50.52×970$62,325875

1–25 of 398 places

Sources: County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024).

  • Residents per establishment is the place's population estimate for 2023 divided by its establishments; more residents per business means fewer competitors per resident. Places with fewer than the minimum establishments are left out because a handful of businesses makes the ratio jump around.
  • Metro areas are made of whole counties and their figures are the exact sums of those counties'. A metro area is listed under its principal state.
  • This compares counts of businesses with counts of residents. It does not measure demand, spending power, visitors, the size or quality of the businesses, or whether a market is open. Employment and payroll carry the Census Bureau's noise infusion.
  • County Business Patterns 2023 uses NAICS 2017 codes; the nonemployer figures use NAICS 2022. Industries are matched by name between editions.
  • Growth needs a second reference year of County Business Patterns in the same industry classification; only 2023 is loaded, so there is no growth column yet.

Federal contracts in this industry

Federal agencies obligated $20.8B on contracts under NAICS 48-49 in fiscal year 2026, nationwide (98,982 awards, each counted once per county where it was performed).

Metro areas

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$2.7B13%
    2,111 awards
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$2B9.6%
    513 awards
  3. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$917M4.4%
    154 awards
  4. Jacksonville, FL$814.1M3.9%
    111 awards
  5. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$604.4M2.9%
    559 awards
  6. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$520.4M2.5%
    22 awards
  7. Lexington Park, MD$470.8M2.3%
    50 awards
  8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$426.5M2.1%
    375 awards
  9. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$422.9M2.0%
    150 awards
  10. Jackson, MS$393.6M1.9%
    84 awards

Counties

  1. Los Angeles County, CA$1.9B9.3%
    306 awards
  2. Arlington County, VA$1.3B6.2%
    35 awards
  3. San Diego County, CA$917M4.4%
    154 awards
  4. Duval County, FL$743.1M3.6%
    96 awards
  5. Fairfax County, VA$698.2M3.4%
    641 awards
  6. Capitol Planning Region, CT$520.4M2.5%
    20 awards
  7. District of Columbia, DC$497.1M2.4%
    1,140 awards
  8. St. Mary's County, MD$438.4M2.1%
    39 awards
  9. Harris County, TX$421.4M2.0%
    137 awards
  10. Dale County, AL$388.2M1.9%
    6 awards

Cities and towns

  1. Arlington CDP, VA$1.3B6.2%
    35 awards
  2. Hawthorne city, CA$1.3B6.1%
    36 awards
  3. Jacksonville city, FL$743.1M3.6%
    96 awards
  4. Poway city, CA$650.3M3.1%
    6 awards
  5. East Hartford CDP, CT$516.3M2.5%
    7 awards
  6. Washington city, DC$497.1M2.4%
    1,140 awards
  7. Chantilly CDP, VA$323.1M1.6%
    546 awards
  8. El Segundo city, CA$311M1.5%
    14 awards
  9. Oklahoma City city, OK$267.7M1.3%
    105 awards
  10. Houston city, TX$252.2M1.2%
    134 awards

Where the work was performed, as agencies report it (often the contractor's office). Metro areas are the exact sums of their counties. Cities are estimated: each action's county money split by the share of its ZIP code's land inside the city, so a city's figure is part of its county's.

USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS)