County profile
Muskegon County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#507 of 3,127 US counties by GDP58th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
51,826
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,147
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
177,901
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$65.0k±$1.5k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±1.0%
Poverty rate
14.1%±1.0%
Business applications
1,752 · 2025
Retail establishments
523
29.5/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Health care24%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation13%
Admin & support6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
177,901
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $51.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,704
International migration+512
Natural change−1,110
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.4B2019
$6.2B2020
$6.7B2021
$7.4B2022
$8.0B2023
$8.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.3k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
10.0%±0.9%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$124.5M
451 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 96Tornado 80Ice storm 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
6052016
6572017
7142018
7672019
8072020
9222021
10802022
11982023
12892024
13752025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 38% since 20213282021
5482022
3122023
4232024
4512025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.0 km
I-96
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
MS
Nearest port
8.6 km
VERPLANK - POWER PLANT SLIP SOUTHSIDE
Nearest commercial airport
15.3 km
MUSKEGON COUNTY
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):2,219,960 short tons/yr · Muskegon, MI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Muskegon?
Muskegon's economy produced $8.4B in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.