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Ottawa

United States · GDP 2024
#246 of 3,127 US counties by GDP55th-percentile growthmore diversified than 35% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$21.0B
GDP growth
+4.8%
Jobs tracked
117,661
Employers
6,865
Avg. wage
$57.7k
Population
308,459
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.2%
Median HH income
$90.5k±$1.9k
Business applications
3,257 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1MillerKnoll, Inc.Consumer Cyclical$3.7B57C2Gentex CorporationConsumer Cyclical$2.5B74B3Access-Power & Co., Inc.Technology———

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
Manufacturing46%
Health care14%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction8%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
308,459
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $66.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+6,136
International migration+2,251
Natural change+3,075

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$15.0B
2019
$15.4B
2020
$17.5B
2021
$18.3B
2022
$20.1B
2023
$21.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$323.4k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
5.3%±0.6%
Affordability
5.6× wages
Residential permits
1,411 (4.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
82.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.5k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Tornado 88Hail 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
417
2016
449
2017
485
2018
511
2019
531
2020
597
2021
695
2022
751
2023
809
2024
846
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.1 km
I-96
Nearest freight rail
12.2 km
CPMY
Nearest port
20.6 km
BREWERS CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
30.2 km
MUSKEGON COUNTY
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR

5 filings from 2 companies here in the last 90 days.

8-KMillerKnoll, Inc.06-24
8-KMillerKnoll, Inc.06-03
8-KGentex Corporation05-26
10-QGentex Corporation05-06
8-KGentex Corporation04-24
DEF 14AGentex Corporation04-09
10-QMillerKnoll, Inc.03-30
8-KMillerKnoll, Inc.03-25
10-KGentex Corporation02-24
8-KMillerKnoll, Inc.02-11
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$57.7k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
New Hanover$21.0BSanta Cruz$21.1BNorthampton$21.0BAlachua$20.9BBuncombe$21.3BKalamazoo$20.7B
The read

Ottawa's economy produced $21.0B in 2024, growing 4.8% 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.
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