County profile
Clare County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1491 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 63% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,793
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
607
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,543
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$49.4k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
12.9%±1.2%
Poverty rate
21.6%±2.1%
Business applications
283 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
40.8/10k 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
Health care23%
Food & accommodation22%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation10%
Admin & support6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,543
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $45.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,648
International migration+6
Natural change−942
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$133.8k±$9.5k
Median gross rent
$765/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
43.1%±1.9%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$6.1M
23 units · 0.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$986/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 95Winter weather 92Cold wave 70
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2052016
2172017
2292018
2372019
2512020
2852021
3392022
3962023
4022024
4562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -57% since 2021532021
582022
472023
302024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.2 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
7.3 km
GLC
Nearest port
87.8 km
Fletcher Marine Terminal, Ship Wharf.
Nearest commercial airport
79.8 km
MBS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Clare?
Clare's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 6.3% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.