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Dane

United States · GDP 2024
#95 of 3,127 US counties by GDP69th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$62.8B
GDP growth
+6.1%
Jobs tracked
314,435
Employers
14,765
Avg. wage
$71.6k
Population
590,375
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$90.0k±$1.3k
Business applications
7,374 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Alliant Energy CorporationUtilities$4.4B67B2Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.Consumer Defensive$2.8B67B3Duluth Holdings Inc.Consumer Cyclical$565.2M49D4Accuray IncorporatedHealthcare$458.5M68B5Sonic Foundry, Inc.Technology$22.1M——6First Business Financial Services, Inc.Financial Services———7MGE Energy, Inc.Utilities———8Lake Ridge Bancorp 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
$46.3B
2019
$46.6B
2020
$50.4B
2021
$55.0B
2022
$59.2B
2023
$62.8B
2024

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
6,629 (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
595
2016
631
2017
667
2018
691
2019
710
2020
777
2021
893
2022
982
2023
1048
2024
1091
2025

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 EDGAR

29 filings from 6 companies here in the last 90 days.

DEF 14ASpectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.06-26
8-KMGE Energy, Inc.06-23
10-QDuluth Holdings Inc.06-09
8-KDuluth Holdings Inc.06-08
8-KDuluth Holdings Inc.06-08
8-KDuluth Holdings Inc.06-08
8-KAccuray Incorporated06-04
8-KFirst Business Financial Services, Inc.05-28
8-KMGE Energy, Inc.05-22
8-KAlliant Energy Corporation05-21
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$71.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Kern$63.1BWashington$63.2BSnohomish$62.0BPolk$63.8BFresno$64.2BDenton$64.3B
The read

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.
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