County profile
Wexford County, MI
United States · GDP 2024
#1397 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 56% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,253
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
910
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,445
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.9%±1.8%
Business applications
395 · 2025
Retail establishments
166
48.3/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Retail trade20%
Health care19%
Food & accommodation15%
Admin & support7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,445
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,041
International migration+133
Natural change−408
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.3B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.6B2022
$1.7B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.4k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$897/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±1.8%
Affordability
3.5× wages
Residential permits
$48.6M
191 units · 5.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
33.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 94Cold wave 75Landslide 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2542016
2682017
2862018
3032019
3162020
3602021
4252022
4722023
5112024
5332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 136% since 2021812021
952022
1182023
1092024
1912025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
73.6 km
I-75
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
GLC
Nearest port
47.6 km
CITY DOCK - TRAVERSE CITY
Nearest commercial airport
44.8 km
CHERRY CAPITAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wexford?
Wexford's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, growing 3.6% 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.