County profile
Charlevoix County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1408 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,264
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
891
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,036
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$76.5k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
35.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
8.7%±1.3%
Business applications
325 · 2025
Retail establishments
135
51.7/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Food & accommodation23%
Health care20%
Retail trade13%
Construction9%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,036
residents · 2025 · -0.0% since 2020
Income per capita $76.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+656
International migration+83
Natural change−734
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$276.8k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$949/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
30.5%±1.7%
Affordability
4.9× wages
Residential permits
$29.2M
111 units · 4.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 78Landslide 69Lightning 47
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3092016
3192017
3512018
3772019
3892020
4512021
5482022
6052023
6682024
7092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 20211172021
1182022
1052023
1132024
1112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
14.2 km
GLC
Nearest port
6.7 km
M. & D., IRONTON STONE DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
39.5 km
PELLSTON RGNL/EMMET COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Charlevoix?
Charlevoix's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — faster 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.