County profile
Sauk County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#671 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 53% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
31,025
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,876
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
66,652
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$79.5k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
27.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.1%±0.7%
Business applications
723 · 2025
Retail establishments
297
44.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1The Baraboo Bancorporation, Inc.Financial Services$29.8M51DHQ-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
Food & accommodation31%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade17%
Health care17%
Wholesale trade6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
66,652
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $70.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2
International migration+1,061
Natural change−210
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B2019
$4.0B2020
$4.6B2021
$4.9B2022
$5.4B2023
$5.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$258.6k±$5.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$31/mo
Vacancy rate
11.1%±1.0%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$95.6M
231 units · 3.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
72.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 93Landslide 88Cold wave 86
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2892016
3012017
3182018
3312019
3392020
3752021
4382022
4762023
5092024
5342025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 20213582021
3972022
3402023
5392024
2312025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.2 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
4.3 km
MCRY
Nearest port
98.6 km
BRENNAN MARINE, LANSING FLEET MOORING
Nearest commercial airport
58.9 km
DANE COUNTY RGNL/TRUAX FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.8k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sauk?
Sauk's economy produced $5.6B in 2024, growing 3.8% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.