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Ionia

United States · GDP 2024
#1160 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.3B
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
12,367
Employers
904
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
66,557
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.5%
Median HH income
$75.6k±$2.2k
Business applications
520 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Union Financial CorporationFinancial Services$14.6M——

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
Manufacturing40%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation14%
Health care14%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,557
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $45.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−536
International migration+79
Natural change+117

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.8B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.2B
2023
$2.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.5k±$7.6k
Median gross rent
$884/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
6.1%±1.1%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
100 (1.5/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
55.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 90Tornado 78Hail 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
314
2016
342
2017
360
2018
385
2019
406
2020
462
2021
526
2022
572
2023
610
2024
633
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +33% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Klickitat$2.3BCrawford$2.3BPittsburg$2.3BBaxter$2.3BGaines$2.3BKay$2.3B
The read

Ionia's economy produced $2.3B in 2024, growing 3.6% 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.
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