County profile
Richland County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1837 of 3,127 US counties by GDP35th-percentile growthmore diversified than 20% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,436
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
377
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,036
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$3.1k
Bachelor's degree+
21.2%±1.7%
Poverty rate
14.5%±2.3%
Business applications
151 · 2025
Retail establishments
59
34.4/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care27%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction5%
Other services4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,036
residents · 2025 · -1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $56.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−104
International migration+145
Natural change−282
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$784.5M2019
$739.2M2020
$786.2M2021
$850.7M2022
$976.0M2023
$1.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$197.5k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$771/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
15.0%±1.9%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$14.4M
92 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
51.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 96Hail 84Cold wave 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2232017
2302018
2442019
2472020
2772021
3102022
3282023
3672024
4112025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 2021752021
392022
432023
272024
922025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
55.1 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
21.4 km
WSOR
Nearest port
59.4 km
BRENNAN MARINE, LANSING FLEET MOORING
Nearest commercial airport
87.0 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Richland?
Richland's economy produced $1.0B in 2024, growing 2.8% year over year — slower than 65% 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.