County profile
Mecosta County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1449 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,425
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
727
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,320
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$61.0k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
22.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
19.9%±1.9%
Business applications
417 · 2025
Retail establishments
146
34.8/10k 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
Retail trade29%
Manufacturing23%
Health care22%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services7%
Admin & support5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,320
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $46.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,051
International migration+86
Natural change−269
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.9k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$934/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
21.0%±1.8%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$25.4M
99 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 100Winter weather 93Landslide 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2172016
2212017
2392018
2602019
2692020
3072021
3642022
3912023
4352024
4532025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 25% since 2021792021
1272022
1182023
1162024
992025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.4 km
I-96
Nearest freight rail
9.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
85.8 km
VERPLANK - POWER PLANT SLIP SOUTHSIDE
Nearest commercial airport
86.0 km
GERALD R FORD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.7k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mecosta?
Mecosta's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, contracting 1.0% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.