County profile
Polk County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1206 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,018
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,163
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
45,803
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$77.2k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.2%±0.9%
Business applications
487 · 2025
Retail establishments
156
34.1/10k 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
Manufacturing39%
Health care23%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation10%
Admin & support5%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
45,803
residents · 2025 · +1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,483
International migration+33
Natural change−719
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B2019
$1.7B2020
$1.8B2021
$2.0B2022
$2.1B2023
$2.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.9k±$8.0k
Median gross rent
$957/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±1.0%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$55.4M
243 units · 5.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
63.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Strong wind 89Hail 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2822016
3052017
3272018
3432019
3532020
4032021
4742022
5152023
5412024
5592025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -2% since 20212472021
2122022
2572023
2472024
2432025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
17.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
75.1 km
HARVEST STATES COOPERATIVES, TERMINAL NO. 2 WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
88.9 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Polk?
Polk's economy produced $2.2B in 2024, growing 2.9% year over year — slower than 64% 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.