County profile
Emmet County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1091 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 74% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,212
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,577
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
33,775
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$78.1k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
41.6%±2.3%
Poverty rate
8.5%±1.3%
Business applications
408 · 2025
Retail establishments
249
73.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Rotate Black, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$180.0k——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 care25%
Food & accommodation24%
Retail trade23%
Construction11%
Manufacturing10%
Management7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
33,775
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $80.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+493
International migration+60
Natural change−862
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.8B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$315.7k±$11.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
30.9%±1.8%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
$52.1M
135 units · 4.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 80Landslide 76Lightning 39
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4762016
5292017
5582018
5872019
6042020
6892021
8162022
9502023
10172024
10562025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20211382021
1312022
1512023
1612024
1352025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
21.2 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
14.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
16.8 km
PETOSKEY HBR
Nearest commercial airport
9.1 km
PELLSTON RGNL/EMMET COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.4k
avg. annual pay · +30% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Emmet?
Emmet's economy produced $2.6B in 2024, growing 5.5% 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.