County profile
Chippewa County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1454 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 32% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,650
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
778
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,081
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$62.2k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±1.7%
Poverty rate
14.0%±1.5%
Business applications
235 · 2025
Retail establishments
131
36.3/10k 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 & accommodation30%
Health care28%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing9%
Construction6%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,081
residents · 2025 · -1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $48.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−55
International migration+199
Natural change−809
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$161.9k±$4.7k
Median gross rent
$797/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
30.8%±1.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$18.3M
86 units · 2.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
26.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 75Cold wave 60Landslide 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2692016
2722017
2802018
2922019
3062020
3352021
3922022
4312023
4842024
5072025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 48% since 2021582021
462022
842023
552024
862025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
4.4 km
CN
Nearest port
25.5 km
C REISS COAL CO ABV LKS R/COAL
Nearest commercial airport
9.0 km
CHIPPEWA COUNTY INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.8k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chippewa?
Chippewa's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 4.2% 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.