County profile
Vilas County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1605 of 3,127 US counties by GDP45th-percentile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,887
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
961
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,761
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$68.4k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
30.9%±2.1%
Poverty rate
11.1%±1.7%
Business applications
293 · 2025
Retail establishments
137
57.7/10k 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
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
$969.8M2019
$958.0M2020
$990.7M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.3B2024
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
$170.5M
314 units · 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
3162016
3292017
3352018
3512019
3582020
3952021
4772022
5552023
6132024
6362025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 23% since 20212552021
2322022
3282023
3412024
3142025
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
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Vilas?
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.