County profile
Oconto County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1595 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 19% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,246
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
781
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,195
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$75.0k±$2.9k
Bachelor's degree+
18.9%±1.2%
Poverty rate
8.2%±0.9%
Business applications
368 · 2025
Retail establishments
99
24.7/10k 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
Manufacturing41%
Health care18%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction8%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,195
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $57.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,596
International migration+63
Natural change−528
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$231.4k±$7.1k
Median gross rent
$791/mo±$30/mo
Vacancy rate
30.2%±0.9%
Affordability
5.2× wages
Residential permits
$49.5M
132 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
61.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 87Lightning 87Hail 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2622016
2752017
2842018
2982019
3042020
3392021
3952022
4622023
5102024
5322025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -26% since 20211792021
1462022
1252023
1892024
1322025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
54.2 km
I-41
Nearest freight rail
17.7 km
ELS
Nearest port
51.6 km
MARINETTE MARINE CORP. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
61.1 km
GREEN BAY/AUSTIN STRAUBEL INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.9k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Oconto?
Oconto's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.