County profile
Dane County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#95 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$62.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
314,435
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
14,765
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$71.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
590,375
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$90.0k±$1.3k
Bachelor's degree+
55.3%±0.8%
Poverty rate
10.6%±0.6%
Business applications
7,374 · 2025
Retail establishments
1,620
27.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Alliant Energy CorporationUtilities$4.4B67B2Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.8B67B3Duluth Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$565.2M50D4Accuray IncorporatedHealthcare$458.5M68B5Sonic Foundry, Inc.Technology$22.1M——6Lake Ridge Bancorp Inc.Financial Services———7MGE Energy, Inc.Utilities———8First Business Financial Services, Inc.Financial Services———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
Health care28%
Professional services17%
Retail trade16%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation13%
Finance & insurance11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
590,375
residents · 2025 · +4.9% since 2020
Income per capita $81.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,623
International migration+16,738
Natural change+8,201
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$46.3B2019
$46.6B2020
$50.4B2021
$55.0B2022
$59.2B2023
$62.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$394.8k±$3.9k
Median gross rent
$1.4k/mo±$17/mo
Vacancy rate
3.7%±0.4%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.6B
6,629 units · 11.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
93.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 99Hail 99Tornado 98
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
5952016
6312017
6672018
6912019
7102020
7772021
8932022
9822023
10482024
10912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -3% since 20216,8362021
5,2372022
5,0122023
5,4772024
6,6292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
11.1 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
0.8 km
WSOR
Nearest port
116.5 km
RENTECH NITROGEN LLC
Nearest commercial airport
10.4 km
DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR10 filings from 5 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$71.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Dane?
Dane's economy produced $62.8B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.