County profile
Jefferson County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#721 of 3,127 US counties by GDP62nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 45% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,584
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,058
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
86,505
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$83.8k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
28.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
8.1%±1.1%
Business applications
894 · 2025
Retail establishments
266
30.7/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Health care16%
Retail trade16%
Food & accommodation11%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
86,505
residents · 2025 · +0.3% since 2020
Income per capita $60.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−144
International migration+649
Natural change−187
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.7B2019
$3.7B2020
$4.0B2021
$4.5B2022
$4.7B2023
$4.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$274.1k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
5.5%±1.0%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$83.6M
420 units · 4.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 93Tornado 86Cold wave 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3262016
3422017
3602018
3802019
3892020
4282021
4882022
5402023
5762024
6062025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 67% since 20212512021
2392022
1482023
1462024
4202025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.3 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
1.8 km
UP
Nearest port
65.9 km
Milwaukee, WI
Nearest commercial airport
47.5 km
DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Jefferson?
Jefferson's economy produced $4.9B in 2024, growing 5.4% year over year — faster than most 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.