County profile
Sandusky County, OH
United States · GDP 2024
#791 of 3,127 US counties by GDP49th-percentile growthmore diversified than 17% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
21,763
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,250
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
58,655
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$62.3k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
18.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
15.0%±1.9%
Business applications
537 · 2025
Retail establishments
185
31.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Croghan Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services$67.3M52DHQ-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
Manufacturing48%
Health care18%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
58,655
residents · 2025 · -0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $53.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+437
International migration+405
Natural change−1,064
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.4B2021
$3.7B2022
$3.9B2023
$4.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.7k±$4.8k
Median gross rent
$783/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
6.8%±1.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$7.5M
30 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
56.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 81Ice storm 81Winter weather 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2212016
2312017
2442018
2492019
2582020
2832021
3202022
3322023
3752024
3802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -42% since 2021522021
352022
222023
262024
302025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
5.5 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
NS
Nearest port
24.3 km
CITY DOCK - PORT CLINTON
Nearest commercial airport
60.9 km
EUGENE F KRANZ TOLEDO EXPRESS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.7k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sandusky?
Sandusky's economy produced $4.1B in 2024, growing 4.3% 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.