County profile
Portage County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#492 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
48,660
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,051
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
163,404
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$75.8k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
32.5%±1.2%
Poverty rate
11.7%±1.0%
Business applications
1,810 · 2025
Retail establishments
430
26.3/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation17%
Health care16%
Wholesale trade9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
163,404
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $59.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,078
International migration+1,741
Natural change−2,269
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$6.7B2019
$6.7B2020
$7.2B2021
$7.9B2022
$8.5B2023
$8.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$227.0k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
8.5%±0.8%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$87.7M
205 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
65.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 88Ice storm 82Winter weather 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3372016
3462017
3642018
3792019
3922020
4342021
4842022
5232023
5682024
5922025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -52% since 20214272021
3232022
3012023
2002024
2052025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.9 km
I-76
Nearest freight rail
2.1 km
CSXT
Nearest port
51.7 km
CLEVELAND CLIFFS-CLEVELAND WORKS UPPER DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
34.9 km
AKRON-CANTON RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.6k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Portage?
Portage's economy produced $8.8B in 2024, growing 3.7% 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.