County profile
Bayfield County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#2295 of 3,127 US counties by GDP47th-percentile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$586.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,612
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
469
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,787
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$71.2k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
35.0%±1.6%
Poverty rate
9.8%±0.9%
Business applications
206 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
40.5/10k 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
Food & accommodation27%
Construction24%
Retail trade22%
Health care12%
Manufacturing10%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,787
residents · 2025 · +3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+888
International migration+26
Natural change−377
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$469.7M2019
$447.6M2020
$482.0M2021
$520.0M2022
$563.3M2023
$586.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$240.8k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$812/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
44.3%±1.5%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$53.9M
168 units · 10.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
35.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 86Winter weather 85Strong wind 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3112016
3132017
3312018
3532019
3502020
3852021
4492022
4862023
5582024
5552025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 87% since 2021902021
1002022
962023
1042024
1682025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.5 km
I-535
Nearest freight rail
1.7 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
28.1 km
(C REISS COAL CO)
Nearest commercial airport
81.9 km
GOGEBIC/IRON COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bayfield?
Bayfield's economy produced $586.8M in 2024, growing 4.2% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.