County profile
Chippewa County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#828 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 50% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
22,890
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,660
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
67,614
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$74.7k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
24.2%±1.5%
Poverty rate
10.2%±1.2%
Business applications
709 · 2025
Retail establishments
202
30.0/10k 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
Manufacturing33%
Retail trade24%
Health care16%
Construction11%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
67,614
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $59.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,422
International migration+112
Natural change−256
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.9B2019
$2.9B2020
$3.1B2021
$3.4B2022
$3.7B2023
$3.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$257.9k±$10.0k
Median gross rent
$963/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±0.9%
Affordability
5.0× wages
Residential permits
$82.2M
219 units · 3.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Strong wind 82Hail 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4742016
4992017
5362018
5652019
5832020
6502021
7422022
8322023
8692024
9392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -37% since 20213482021
2922022
3562023
3642024
2192025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
35.3 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
2.0 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
98.5 km
DAIRYLAND POWER COOPERATIVE, ALMA POWER PLANT DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
27.8 km
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Chippewa?
Chippewa's economy produced $3.9B in 2024, growing 3.8% 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.