County profile
Monroe County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#978 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 54% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
16,790
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
967
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
46,572
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$69.5k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
21.3%±1.6%
Poverty rate
11.7%±1.6%
Business applications
451 · 2025
Retail establishments
134
28.8/10k 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
Manufacturing28%
Health care25%
Retail trade15%
Transportation14%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,572
residents · 2025 · +0.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−286
International migration+321
Natural change+233
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.4B2020
$2.6B2021
$2.8B2022
$2.9B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$210.0k±$6.7k
Median gross rent
$914/mo±$43/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±1.1%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$41.0M
116 units · 2.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
78.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 96Landslide 93Hail 92
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3632016
3842017
3982018
4162019
4272020
4632021
5302022
5792023
6262024
6602025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -9% since 20211282021
902022
1182023
1162024
1162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
5.7 km
CPKC
Nearest port
52.4 km
LACROSSE MUNICIPAL TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
51.7 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Monroe?
Monroe's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% of 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.