County profile
Saginaw County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#411 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$11.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
77,361
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
4,092
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$57.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
187,688
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.7%
Median HH income
$60.6k±$1.6k
Bachelor's degree+
24.4%±0.9%
Poverty rate
18.2%±1.2%
Business applications
2,108 · 2025
Retail establishments
749
39.9/10k 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
Health care29%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing19%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support12%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
187,688
residents · 2025 · -1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $52.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−256
International migration+703
Natural change−2,610
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.8B2019
$8.7B2020
$9.4B2021
$10.0B2022
$10.8B2023
$11.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$152.8k±$2.9k
Median gross rent
$947/mo±$19/mo
Vacancy rate
9.6%±0.8%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$45.5M
210 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
88.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 98Strong wind 97Cold wave 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2872016
2962017
3132018
3342019
3432020
3852021
4352022
4722023
5082024
5282025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 8% since 20211952021
1752022
1902023
1412024
2102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
14.3 km
I-675
Nearest freight rail
6.0 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
15.8 km
SAGINAW ROCK PRODUCTS CO., SAGINAW DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
22.1 km
MBS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$57.3k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Saginaw?
Saginaw's economy produced $11.0B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.