County profile
Eaton County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#558 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
42,828
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,182
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
109,581
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$79.6k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
30.8%±1.4%
Poverty rate
8.3%±0.7%
Business applications
1,290 · 2025
Retail establishments
321
29.4/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade19%
Transportation15%
Finance & insurance15%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
109,581
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $56.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+453
International migration+1,033
Natural change−1,049
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.4B2019
$5.4B2020
$5.9B2021
$6.6B2022
$7.1B2023
$7.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.9k±$4.4k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
4.9%±0.9%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$50.3M
106 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 92Tornado 86Hail 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3352016
3592017
3862018
4032019
4232020
4692021
5192022
5422023
5992024
6232025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20211082021
2012022
1072023
1182024
1062025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
2.3 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
CN
Nearest port
106.7 km
BREWERS CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
28.9 km
CAPITAL REGION INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Eaton?
Eaton's economy produced $7.4B in 2024, growing 4.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.