County profile
Rusk County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#2109 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$726.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,275
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
321
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,146
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.3%
Median HH income
$59.9k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
16.9%±1.6%
Poverty rate
13.1%±1.8%
Business applications
174 · 2025
Retail establishments
56
39.6/10k 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 care18%
Retail trade18%
Admin & support10%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,146
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $57.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+339
International migration+28
Natural change−398
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$568.5M2019
$581.1M2020
$613.8M2021
$703.5M2022
$707.6M2023
$726.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.4k±$6.0k
Median gross rent
$874/mo±$36/mo
Vacancy rate
26.6%±1.6%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$24.4M
77 units · 5.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 83Lightning 48Hail 40
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2312017
2402018
2462019
2582020
2872021
3272022
3802023
4402024
4422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -25% since 20211022021
862022
922023
742024
772025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.4 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
1.4 km
CN
Nearest port
129.7 km
SAND BAY WISC
Nearest commercial airport
73.2 km
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.7k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Rusk?
Rusk's economy produced $726.8M in 2024, growing 2.7% year over year — slower than 66% 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.