County profile
Delta County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1445 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,596
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
991
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,582
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$57.8k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
20.6%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%±1.6%
Business applications
281 · 2025
Retail establishments
156
42.5/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support10%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,582
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $50.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+794
International migration+48
Natural change−1,130
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$157.1k±$4.6k
Median gross rent
$692/mo±$91/mo
Vacancy rate
19.5%±1.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$15.3M
58 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Hail 83Lightning 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2582017
2602018
2692019
2762020
3102021
3532022
3872023
4102024
4732025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 57% since 2021372021
372022
342023
382024
582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
174.3 km
I-41
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
CN
Nearest port
9.9 km
PAYNE & DOLAN INC ESCANABA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
25.5 km
DELTA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Delta?
Delta's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 5.8% 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.