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St. Joseph

United States · GDP 2024
#1010 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.9B
GDP growth
+1.3%
Jobs tracked
19,429
Employers
1,149
Avg. wage
$50.2k
Population
60,968
Labor & formation
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$2.8k
Business applications
551 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Sturgis Bancorp, Inc.Financial Services———

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
Manufacturing51%
Retail trade17%
Health care11%
Food & accommodation10%
Professional services6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
60,968
residents · 2025 · +0.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−50
International migration+345
Natural change−249

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B
2019
$2.1B
2020
$2.3B
2021
$2.6B
2022
$2.8B
2023
$2.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$178.3k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$849/mo±$28/mo
Vacancy rate
13.5%±1.3%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
240 (3.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
58.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 85Strong wind 82Lightning 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
261
2016
272
2017
296
2018
309
2019
320
2020
357
2021
405
2022
450
2023
474
2024
508
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.3 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
7.9 km
GDLK
Nearest port
81.0 km
RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.6 km
KALAMAZOO/BATTLE CREEK INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.11-15
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.08-12
8-KSturgis Bancorp, Inc.05-19
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.05-17
DEF 14ASturgis Bancorp, Inc.03-29
10-KSturgis Bancorp, Inc.03-29
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.11-14
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.08-13
10-QSturgis Bancorp, Inc.05-15
8-KSturgis Bancorp, Inc.05-01
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.2k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Queen Anne's$2.9BSteele$2.9BMarion$2.9BUintah$2.9BTehama$2.9BFranklin$2.9B
The read

St. Joseph's economy produced $2.9B in 2024, growing 1.3% year over year — slower than 75% 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.
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