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Kalamazoo

United States · GDP 2024
#250 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 89% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$20.7B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
114,065
Employers
5,704
Avg. wage
$63.5k
Population
263,795
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$72.5k±$1.5k
Business applications
3,191 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Stryker CorporationHealthcare$25.1B87A

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 care26%
Manufacturing25%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Wholesale trade7%
Management7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
263,795
residents · 2025 · +0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $65.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,725
International migration+4,438
Natural change+436

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$15.6B
2019
$15.9B
2020
$17.2B
2021
$18.7B
2022
$19.8B
2023
$20.7B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$241.8k±$3.6k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±0.6%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
487 (1.8/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
81.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Tornado 94Strong wind 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
419
2016
442
2017
473
2018
497
2019
515
2020
578
2021
670
2022
710
2023
750
2024
778
2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KStryker Corporation06-26
8-KStryker Corporation05-20
10-QStryker Corporation05-11
8-KStryker Corporation05-08
8-KStryker Corporation04-30
8-KStryker Corporation03-23
DEF 14AStryker Corporation03-23
8-KStryker Corporation03-12
8-KStryker Corporation03-11
10-KStryker Corporation02-11
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$63.5k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Whatcom$20.6BAnoka$20.6BElkhart$20.6BLuzerne$20.6BYolo$20.5BAlachua$20.9B
The read

Kalamazoo's economy produced $20.7B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.
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