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Portage

United States · GDP 2024
#658 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 88% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.8B
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
29,656
Employers
1,715
Avg. wage
$54.9k
Population
71,943
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$76.1k±$1.9k
Business applications
637 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing23%
Finance & insurance22%
Retail trade18%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation12%
Transportation11%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
71,943
residents · 2025 · +2.2% since 2020
Income per capita $59.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,411
International migration+621
Natural change−546

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B
2019
$4.3B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$5.0B
2022
$5.5B
2023
$5.8B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.1k±$5.2k
Median gross rent
$940/mo±$21/mo
Vacancy rate
6.5%±0.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
244 (3.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
62.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 88Hail 83Lightning 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
338
2016
354
2017
370
2018
388
2019
396
2020
434
2021
490
2022
560
2023
595
2024
622
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$54.9k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Orange$5.9BSteuben$5.8BLaPorte$5.8BFranklin$5.8BRockdale$5.9BGrand Forks$5.9B
The read

Portage's economy produced $5.8B in 2024, growing 5.7% 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.
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