County profile
Columbia County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#775 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,998
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,432
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
58,132
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$85.4k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
26.0%±1.4%
Poverty rate
7.8%±1.0%
Business applications
840 · 2025
Retail establishments
192
33.1/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Food & accommodation24%
Retail trade17%
Health care16%
Construction6%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
58,132
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $76.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−423
International migration+368
Natural change−366
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.0B2019
$3.0B2020
$3.3B2021
$3.6B2022
$4.2B2023
$4.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$283.2k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$978/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
10.1%±1.2%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$71.9M
167 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
81.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 99Cold wave 83Heat wave 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2882016
3012017
3182018
3332019
3412020
3742021
4222022
4712023
4982024
5272025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 15% since 20211452021
2002022
2202023
1812024
1672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
12.4 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
3.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
118.8 km
WISCONSIN ELEC POWER-PORT WASHINGTON PLANT COAL DK
Nearest commercial airport
36.3 km
DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Columbia?
Columbia's economy produced $4.3B in 2024, growing 2.3% year over year — slower than 69% of 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.