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Kalkaska

United States · GDP 2024
#1997 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 78% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$838.6M
GDP growth
+6.4%
Jobs tracked
4,120
Employers
353
Avg. wage
$58.6k
Population
18,693
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.5%
Median HH income
$68.6k±$3.6k
Business applications
200 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Health care26%
Retail trade24%
Construction17%
Food & accommodation15%
Manufacturing11%
Mining & energy8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,693
residents · 2025 · +4.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,126
International migration+19
Natural change−396

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$603.6M
2019
$565.9M
2020
$656.3M
2021
$700.6M
2022
$788.3M
2023
$838.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$188.9k±$7.8k
Median gross rent
$853/mo±$115/mo
Vacancy rate
33.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
38 (2.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
21.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 89Cold wave 73Landslide 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
248
2016
268
2017
289
2018
315
2019
321
2020
376
2021
450
2022
514
2023
509
2024
574
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
8.4 km
GLC
Nearest port
41.8 km
CITY DOCK - TRAVERSE CITY
Nearest commercial airport
39.3 km
CHERRY CAPITAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$58.6k
avg. annual pay · +16% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Taylor$840.0MBethel Census Area$837.1MKnox$836.8MHocking$842.6MSmith$842.9MRichland$834.2M
The read

Kalkaska's economy produced $838.6M in 2024, growing 6.4% 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.
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