County profile
Ingham County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#232 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 93% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$23.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
111,995
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
6,160
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$66.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
289,709
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$65.5k±$1.7k
Bachelor's degree+
41.2%±1.1%
Poverty rate
16.7%±0.9%
Business applications
6,757 · 2025
Retail establishments
864
30.1/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Jackson Financial Inc.Financial Services$6.7B41D2Neogen CorporationHealthcare$894.7M——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 care32%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation17%
Finance & insurance13%
Manufacturing11%
Other services10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
289,709
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $54.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4,092
International migration+8,099
Natural change+782
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$18.1B2019
$18.4B2020
$19.3B2021
$21.2B2022
$22.7B2023
$23.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.8k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$16/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±0.7%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$109.2M
558 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
87.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Tornado 96Hail 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3332016
3532017
3772018
3972019
4102020
4562021
5052022
5442023
5842024
6122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -16% since 20216652021
5682022
6322023
3772024
5582025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
8.1 km
I-96
Nearest freight rail
6.1 km
JAIL
Nearest port
97.7 km
Detroit-Wayne County Port, MI
Nearest commercial airport
26.6 km
CAPITAL REGION INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR3 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$66.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ingham?
Ingham's economy produced $23.6B in 2024, growing 3.9% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.