Places/MI/Allegan County, MI
County profile

Allegan County, MI

United States · GDP 2024
#604 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
38,899
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,571
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
123,188
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$83.3k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
27.1%±1.1%
Poverty rate
8.4%±1.0%
Business applications
1,274 · 2025
Retail establishments
333
27.2/10k pop

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
Manufacturing44%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction11%
Health care10%
Admin & support8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
123,188
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $60.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,873
International migration+662
Natural change+9

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$4.8B
2019
$5.0B
2020
$5.5B
2021
$5.8B
2022
$6.4B
2023
$6.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$267.1k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
13.5%±1.1%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$163.9M
399 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 86Hail 85Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
396
2016
431
2017
458
2018
490
2019
506
2020
572
2021
655
2022
713
2023
762
2024
807
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
22% since 2021
328
2021
385
2022
381
2023
423
2024
399
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
22.7 km
I-196
Nearest freight rail
12.7 km
HNW
Nearest port
29.1 km
MACATAWA BAY DK & TERM CO. WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
43.9 km
GERALD R FORD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$59.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Allegan?

Allegan's economy produced $6.7B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over yearfaster than most 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.