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Mecosta

United States · GDP 2024
#1449 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
GDP growth
-1.0%
Jobs tracked
9,425
Employers
727
Avg. wage
$43.7k
Population
42,320
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.9%
Median HH income
$61.0k±$2.1k
Business applications
417 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$1.4B
2019
$1.3B
2020
$1.5B
2021
$1.5B
2022
$1.6B
2023
$1.6B
2024

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
99 (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
217
2016
221
2017
239
2018
260
2019
269
2020
307
2021
364
2022
391
2023
435
2024
453
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Marion$1.6BBarton$1.6BDe Witt$1.6BGrand$1.6BOrange$1.6BLincoln$1.6B
The read

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.
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