County profile
Douglas County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1126 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 91% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,227
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
998
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,990
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$75.1k±$3.6k
Bachelor's degree+
28.4%±1.7%
Poverty rate
10.8%±1.2%
Business applications
376 · 2025
Retail establishments
149
33.9/10k 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
Retail trade22%
Food & accommodation18%
Manufacturing18%
Health care17%
Transportation14%
Construction11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,990
residents · 2025 · -0.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+252
International migration+109
Natural change−726
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.9B2019
$1.9B2020
$2.0B2021
$2.2B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$205.8k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$909/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
17.2%±1.1%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$25.5M
80 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Lightning 73Heat wave 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3032016
3152017
3262018
3362019
3522020
3962021
4602022
5082023
5402024
5672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 20211122021
1222022
1102023
952024
802025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
36.4 km
I-535
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
CN
Nearest port
30.6 km
ALLOUEZ TACONITE FACILITY RAILWAY DOCK 5
Nearest commercial airport
50.2 km
DULUTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.5k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Douglas?
Douglas's economy produced $2.4B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over year — slower than 72% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.