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Portage

United States · GDP 2024
#492 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$8.8B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
48,660
Employers
3,051
Avg. wage
$55.6k
Population
163,404
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$75.8k±$3.1k
Business applications
1,810 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$6.7B
2019
$6.7B
2020
$7.2B
2021
$7.9B
2022
$8.5B
2023
$8.8B
2024

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
205 (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
337
2016
346
2017
364
2018
379
2019
392
2020
434
2021
484
2022
523
2023
568
2024
592
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Newport$8.8BPueblo$8.8BLincoln$8.8BMadera$8.8BCarroll$8.9BPennington$8.7B
The read

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.
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