County profile
Ashland County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1899 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$929.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,987
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
491
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,203
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.3%
Median HH income
$62.5k±$5.1k
Bachelor's degree+
24.5%±2.3%
Poverty rate
13.4%±2.1%
Business applications
163 · 2025
Retail establishments
85
52.5/10k 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
Health care26%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation13%
Education9%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,203
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $51.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+277
International migration+116
Natural change−223
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$771.1M2019
$750.1M2020
$785.0M2021
$849.5M2022
$889.5M2023
$929.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$170.3k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$721/mo±$62/mo
Vacancy rate
27.7%±2.0%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$11.3M
49 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
31.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Winter weather 78Lightning 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2512016
2682017
2652018
2762019
2852020
3062021
3702022
4022023
4312024
4592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 277% since 2021132021
222022
332023
292024
492025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
118.1 km
I-535
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
FOXY
Nearest port
28.7 km
SAND BAY WISC
Nearest commercial airport
47.5 km
GOGEBIC/IRON COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Ashland?
Ashland's economy produced $929.1M in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.