County profile
St. Clair County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#561 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$7.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
41,206
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,080
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
160,486
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.1%
Median HH income
$71.3k±$1.4k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±0.9%
Poverty rate
11.3%±0.9%
Business applications
1,676 · 2025
Retail establishments
461
28.8/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care25%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction8%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
160,486
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $57.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,614
International migration+433
Natural change−2,930
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$5.6B2019
$5.7B2020
$6.3B2021
$6.8B2022
$7.3B2023
$7.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$224.6k±$3.6k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$25/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±0.8%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$73.6M
219 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
82.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 93Tornado 87Ice storm 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3792016
4092017
4422018
4622019
4772020
5312021
5972022
6352023
6792024
7122025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 20213992021
4222022
2952023
2352024
2192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.4 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
5.0 km
CN
Nearest port
17.6 km
CITY DOCK R SAND STONE
Nearest commercial airport
67.2 km
OAKLAND COUNTY INTL
Waterborne tonnage, host port(s) (CY2023):1,702,537 short tons/yr · Marine City, MI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of St. Clair?
St. Clair's economy produced $7.4B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.