County profile
Barron County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#982 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
17,770
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,340
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,484
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
23.2%±1.5%
Poverty rate
11.0%±1.3%
Business applications
470 · 2025
Retail establishments
200
42.8/10k 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction5%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,484
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $63.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+252
International migration+325
Natural change−795
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.7B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.6k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±1.2%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
$60.9M
152 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Hail 89Strong wind 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2492016
2572017
2752018
2852019
2962020
3372021
3932022
4132023
4552024
4792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -5% since 20211602021
1452022
1652023
1612024
1522025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.5 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
CN
Nearest port
108.4 km
Peavey, Red Rock River Terminal, Unloading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Barron?
Barron's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 4.7% 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.