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Branch

United States · GDP 2024
#1306 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 81% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
13,376
Employers
833
Avg. wage
$50.6k
Population
45,993
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$63.7k±$2.0k
Business applications
421 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Century Financial CorporationFinancial Services$30.2M58C2Southern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade18%
Information17%
Transportation14%
Food & accommodation13%
Health care13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,993
residents · 2025 · +2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $47.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−252
International migration+865
Natural change+418

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B
2019
$1.4B
2020
$1.6B
2021
$1.7B
2022
$1.9B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$162.5k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$959/mo±$40/mo
Vacancy rate
19.4%±1.3%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
44 (1.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
51.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 80Tornado 74Strong wind 72
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
314
2016
315
2017
348
2018
366
2019
375
2020
419
2021
500
2022
528
2023
576
2024
601
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.9 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.1 km
IN
Nearest port
118.7 km
RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.9 km
KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
10-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.03-28
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.12-21
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.11-21
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.11-15
10-QSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.11-14
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.11-01
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.10-26
10-QSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.08-14
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.08-09
8-KSouthern Michigan Bancorp, Inc.07-27
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.6k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Buena Vista$1.9BStutsman$1.9BHalifax$1.9BVan Zandt$1.9BBoone$1.9BDunn$1.9B
The read

Branch's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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