County profile
Pierce County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1493 of 3,127 US counties by GDP38th-percentile growthmore diversified than 65% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,134
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
788
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
43,519
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$92.1k±$5.3k
Bachelor's degree+
33.5%±2.0%
Poverty rate
9.8%±1.7%
Business applications
391 · 2025
Retail establishments
103
23.8/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation19%
Health care19%
Construction8%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
43,519
residents · 2025 · +3.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,013
International migration+70
Natural change+214
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$333.7k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$89/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±1.7%
Affordability
7.3× wages
Residential permits
$110.2M
367 units · 8.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
42.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 82Landslide 81Hail 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3002016
3172017
3362018
3562019
3632020
4052021
4602022
5012023
5152024
5352025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 36% since 20212692021
2832022
3732023
2022024
3672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.5 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
15.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
18.2 km
RED WING PORT AUTHORITY BARGE WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
65.6 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.7k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Pierce?
Pierce's economy produced $1.5B in 2024, growing 3.3% year over year — slower than 62% 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.