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Vilas

United States · GDP 2024
#1605 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
GDP growth
+3.9%
Jobs tracked
5,887
Employers
961
Avg. wage
$43.5k
Population
23,761
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$2.8k
Business applications
293 · 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
Food & accommodation42%
Retail trade26%
Construction12%
Health care7%
Manufacturing7%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,761
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $71.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,773
International migration−9
Natural change−1,091

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$969.8M
2019
$958.0M
2020
$990.7M
2021
$1.1B
2022
$1.3B
2023
$1.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$300.0k±$13.4k
Median gross rent
$847/mo±$65/mo
Vacancy rate
55.2%±1.3%
Affordability
6.9× wages
Residential permits
314 (13.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
63.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Strong wind 81Winter weather 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
316
2016
329
2017
335
2018
351
2019
358
2020
395
2021
477
2022
555
2023
613
2024
636
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
128.8 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
22.1 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
92.5 km
LAKE SHORE SYSTEMS INC ONTONAGON HARBOR MI
Nearest commercial airport
47.1 km
RHINELANDER/ONEIDA COUNTY
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Osage$1.3BLawrence$1.3BLogan$1.3BYates$1.3BUnion$1.3BMonroe$1.3B
The read

Vilas's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, growing 3.9% 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.
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