County profile
Arenac County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#2273 of 3,127 US counties by GDP37th-percentile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$602.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,619
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
355
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,068
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$58.8k±$1.9k
Bachelor's degree+
16.0%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.7%±1.8%
Business applications
113 · 2025
Retail establishments
72
47.8/10k 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
Manufacturing30%
Food & accommodation22%
Health care21%
Retail trade17%
Professional services6%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,068
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $52.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+613
International migration+7
Natural change−551
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$454.5M2019
$447.8M2020
$489.4M2021
$529.9M2022
$584.4M2023
$602.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.6k±$7.5k
Median gross rent
$761/mo±$57/mo
Vacancy rate
31.4%±1.6%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$13.0M
43 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 69Cold wave 55Lightning 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1882016
2032017
2192018
2272019
2362020
2742021
3112022
3302023
3532024
4062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 105% since 2021212021
132022
152023
282024
432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.0 km
LSRC
Nearest port
30.5 km
UNITED STATES GYPSUM CO
Nearest commercial airport
61.0 km
MBS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Arenac?
Arenac's economy produced $602.7M in 2024, growing 3.1% year over year — slower than 63% of 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.