County profile
St. Croix County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#650 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,951
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
2,422
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
98,276
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.5%
Median HH income
$103.0k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
39.5%±1.8%
Poverty rate
6.6%±0.8%
Business applications
1,248 · 2025
Retail establishments
285
29.2/10k 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
Manufacturing29%
Retail trade20%
Health care20%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction9%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
98,276
residents · 2025 · +4.7% since 2020
Income per capita $73.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+2,949
International migration+409
Natural change+1,039
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B2019
$4.3B2020
$4.7B2021
$5.2B2022
$5.7B2023
$6.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$377.7k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
3.7%±0.8%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
$188.8M
460 units · 4.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
64.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.7k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 94Hail 88Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2792016
2982017
3202018
3362019
3442020
3842021
4372022
4592023
4862024
5052025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -21% since 20215822021
5572022
4122023
4002024
4602025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
10.2 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
6.2 km
UP
Nearest port
46.8 km
Peavey, Red Rock River Terminal, Loading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
62.8 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.1k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of St. Croix?
St. Croix's economy produced $6.0B in 2024, growing 5.4% 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.