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Montcalm

United States · GDP 2024
#1216 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 34% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
GDP growth
+0.4%
Jobs tracked
13,588
Employers
1,058
Avg. wage
$45.2k
Population
69,406
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$67.3k±$2.2k
Business applications
580 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Universal Apparel & Textile CompanyConsumer Cyclical$1.9M——

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
Manufacturing28%
Health care24%
Retail trade24%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
69,406
residents · 2025 · +4.1% since 2020
Income per capita $43.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,541
International migration+641
Natural change−427

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B
2019
$1.7B
2020
$1.8B
2021
$2.0B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.5k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$869/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±1.2%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
201 (2.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
56.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 95Winter weather 95Tornado 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
290
2016
309
2017
334
2018
359
2019
374
2020
432
2021
491
2022
530
2023
580
2024
606
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +12% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Huron$2.2BCrawford$2.2BWapello$2.2BDefiance$2.2BWise + Norton$2.2BVenango$2.1B
The read

Montcalm's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 0.4% year over year — slower than 78% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

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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