County profile
Sanilac County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1394 of 3,127 US counties by GDP66th-percentile growthmore diversified than 22% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,997
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
848
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,083
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.6%
Median HH income
$58.9k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.5%±1.3%
Poverty rate
15.3%±1.3%
Business applications
392 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
33.3/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Retail trade19%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade6%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,083
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+464
International migration+123
Natural change−991
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.4B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$168.3k±$2.7k
Median gross rent
$807/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
19.5%±1.1%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$15.6M
74 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Winter weather 90Ice storm 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2242016
2452017
2602018
2702019
2802020
3242021
3602022
4062023
4122024
4352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021602021
812022
672023
632024
742025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.7 km
I-69
Nearest freight rail
8.0 km
HESR
Nearest port
49.0 km
DETROIT EDISON CO R/COAL
Nearest commercial airport
90.6 km
BISHOP INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sanilac?
Sanilac's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 5.8% year over year — faster than most 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.