County profile
Dickinson County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1383 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,335
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
806
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,827
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$65.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
25.3%±2.4%
Poverty rate
10.5%±1.8%
Business applications
229 · 2025
Retail establishments
140
54.0/10k 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%
Health care22%
Construction22%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation10%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,827
residents · 2025 · -0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $59.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+548
International migration+48
Natural change−676
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$153.3k±$8.6k
Median gross rent
$797/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
14.7%±1.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$9.6M
46 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
59.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Hail 80Lightning 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2382016
2432017
2572018
2642019
2702020
3032021
3532022
3792023
4182024
4402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 28% since 2021362021
382022
452023
422024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
161.4 km
I-41
Nearest freight rail
11.6 km
ELS
Nearest port
67.7 km
UPPER LAKES TOWING CO. ESCANABA DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
28.4 km
FORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.7k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Dickinson?
Dickinson's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 1.7% year over year — slower than 73% of 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.