County profile
Forest County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#2500 of 3,127 US counties by GDP53rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$430.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,532
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
227
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,574
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$61.1k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±1.5%
Poverty rate
15.2%±2.0%
Business applications
96 · 2025
Retail establishments
31
32.6/10k 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
Food & accommodation26%
Manufacturing26%
Retail trade24%
Health care12%
Construction7%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,574
residents · 2025 · +4.4% since 2020
Income per capita $51.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+561
International migration+17
Natural change−164
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$333.5M2019
$328.4M2020
$337.3M2021
$375.2M2022
$411.3M2023
$430.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.0k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$594/mo±$38/mo
Vacancy rate
54.0%±1.5%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$14.1M
46 units · 4.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
47.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Hail 46Lightning 41
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1702016
1552017
1772018
1942019
1902020
2062021
2432022
2692023
2632024
3352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -25% since 2021612021
662022
442023
652024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
109.1 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
0.5 km
FOXY
Nearest port
109.9 km
MARINETTE MARINE CORP. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
53.6 km
FORD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Forest?
Forest's economy produced $430.3M in 2024, growing 4.6% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.