County profile
Marquette County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#875 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,827
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,655
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
68,064
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$65.4k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
36.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
14.0%±1.2%
Business applications
576 · 2025
Retail establishments
263
38.8/10k 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
Health care33%
Retail trade25%
Food & accommodation20%
Mining & energy8%
Construction8%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
68,064
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,151
International migration+219
Natural change−950
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.8B2019
$2.8B2020
$3.2B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.5k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$949/mo±$39/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±1.0%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$34.5M
106 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Cold wave 96Winter weather 90
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4222016
4302017
4472018
4682019
4792020
5332021
6362022
7042023
7682024
8122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 20211112021
952022
932023
912024
1062025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
210.3 km
I-41
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
LSI
Nearest port
22.1 km
MARQUETTE BOARD OF LIGHT & POWER SHIRAS STEAM PLANT
Nearest commercial airport
20.8 km
MARQUETTE/SAWYER RGNL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):6,981,543 short tons/yr · Marquette, MI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.4k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Marquette?
Marquette's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, contracting 0.5% year over year — slower than 81% of 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.