County profile
Otsego County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1518 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
846
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,080
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
26.3%±2.4%
Poverty rate
8.0%±1.5%
Business applications
315 · 2025
Retail establishments
151
57.8/10k 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 trade32%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing12%
Construction11%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,080
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,260
International migration+105
Natural change−426
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.4B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.7k±$9.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
24.5%±2.3%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$2.0M
25 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 72Landslide 65Lightning 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2072016
2232017
2412018
2512019
2602020
2932021
3602022
3902023
4442024
4482025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 9% since 2021232021
232022
232023
242024
252025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.8 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
6.3 km
LSRC
Nearest port
48.8 km
PETOSKEY HBR
Nearest commercial airport
63.1 km
PELLSTON RGNL/EMMET COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Otsego?
Otsego's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% 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.