Places/WI/Burnett County, WI
County profile

Burnett County, WI

United States · GDP 2024
#2075 of 3,127 US counties by GDP46th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$750.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,465
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
411
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,223
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$62.8k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±1.3%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.4%
Business applications
171 · 2025
Retail establishments
63
36.7/10k pop

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
Manufacturing32%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation18%
Retail trade16%
Professional services8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
17,223
residents · 2025 · +3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $54.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+1,196
International migration+17
Natural change566

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$562.8M
2019
$553.0M
2020
$581.7M
2021
$660.6M
2022
$721.4M
2023
$750.9M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.3k±$9.2k
Median gross rent
$771/mo±$77/mo
Vacancy rate
53.3%±1.2%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$48.1M
143 units · 8.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$974/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 83Lightning 79Hail 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
287
2016
305
2017
314
2018
334
2019
347
2020
395
2021
470
2022
519
2023
559
2024
595
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
16% since 2021
123
2021
139
2022
150
2023
118
2024
143
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.5 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
37.2 km
WGNS
Nearest port
96.7 km
HALLETT DOCK CO DOCK NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
109.7 km
DULUTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$43.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Burnett?

Burnett's economy produced $750.9M in 2024, growing 4.1% year over yearabout 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.