County profile
Manistee County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1719 of 3,127 US counties by GDP57th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,667
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
574
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,656
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$63.5k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
24.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
12.7%±1.6%
Business applications
218 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
41.4/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
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
Food & accommodation30%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade22%
Health care13%
Other services7%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,656
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,485
International migration+70
Natural change−936
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$909.6M2019
$877.9M2020
$957.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$182.2k±$10.6k
Median gross rent
$842/mo±$48/mo
Vacancy rate
32.8%±1.8%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$43.0M
132 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 92Lightning 76Cold wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2912016
3052017
3172018
3462019
3612020
4102021
4822022
5592023
6052024
6322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 22% since 20211082021
972022
992023
2482024
1322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
110.5 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
20.9 km
MQT
Nearest port
17.1 km
BREAKWALL
Nearest commercial airport
16.6 km
MANISTEE COUNTY/BLACKER
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.1k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Manistee?
Manistee's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 5.0% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.