County profile
Benzie County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#2087 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$740.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,659
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
474
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,568
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$74.8k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
36.9%±2.3%
Poverty rate
9.7%±1.5%
Business applications
224 · 2025
Retail establishments
62
33.5/10k 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
Food & accommodation38%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing14%
Health care13%
Construction12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,568
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $63.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,018
International migration+68
Natural change−509
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$531.1M2019
$509.1M2020
$583.1M2021
$647.3M2022
$708.0M2023
$740.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$285.7k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
37.5%±1.9%
Affordability
6.6× wages
Residential permits
$46.2M
136 units · 7.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 87Cold wave 75Landslide 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2492016
2652017
2812018
2972019
3102020
3522021
4362022
5022023
5302024
5752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 27% since 20211072021
1452022
1312023
1102024
1362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
103.6 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
24.9 km
GLC
Nearest port
18.3 km
FRANKFORT HARBOR
Nearest commercial airport
36.2 km
CHERRY CAPITAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Benzie?
Benzie's economy produced $740.7M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.