County profile
Newaygo County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1241 of 3,127 US counties by GDP44th-percentile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
11,124
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
829
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,622
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$63.3k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
18.1%±1.2%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.4%
Business applications
502 · 2025
Retail establishments
152
29.6/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation11%
Finance & insurance9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,622
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,893
International migration+179
Natural change−533
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$2.0B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$186.7k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
21.2%±1.4%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$27.3M
111 units · 2.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$976/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 96Strong wind 91Landslide 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2272016
2502017
2672018
2862019
2972020
3372021
3892022
4222023
4562024
4792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20211562021
1502022
1462023
1522024
1112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
53.7 km
I-96
Nearest freight rail
2.4 km
MQT
Nearest port
49.0 km
VERPLANK PORT FACILITY LLC
Nearest commercial airport
55.5 km
MUSKEGON COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Newaygo?
Newaygo's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 3.8% 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.