County profile
Alpena County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1509 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,141
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
822
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,853
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$54.0k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.3%±1.9%
Poverty rate
18.0%±2.2%
Business applications
235 · 2025
Retail establishments
133
46.0/10k 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
Health care31%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation13%
Other services6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,853
residents · 2025 · -0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $54.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+916
International migration−1
Natural change−948
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.9k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$673/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±1.7%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$12.9M
72 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 63Lightning 42Coastal flooding 36
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2092016
2162017
2222018
2342019
2422020
2762021
3402022
3572023
4062024
4032025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 140% since 2021302021
342022
492023
372024
722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
11.2 km
LSRC
Nearest port
15.2 km
Alpena, MI
Nearest commercial airport
7.1 km
ALPENA COUNTY RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,225,252 short tons/yr · Alpena, MI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Alpena?
Alpena's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.