County profile
Washburn County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#2026 of 3,127 US counties by GDP34th-percentile growthmore diversified than 40% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$799.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,261
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
499
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$42.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
17,087
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$63.4k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
25.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
11.5%±1.5%
Business applications
174 · 2025
Retail establishments
67
39.4/10k 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%
Health care24%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation15%
Other services6%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
17,087
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $60.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,047
International migration+16
Natural change−593
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$631.2M2019
$622.6M2020
$667.9M2021
$721.1M2022
$778.7M2023
$799.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$226.1k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$795/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
41.1%±1.2%
Affordability
5.3× wages
Residential permits
$46.5M
145 units · 8.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
32.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$975/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 84Lightning 71Hail 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2232016
2392017
2412018
2562019
2662020
3022021
3632022
4102023
4122024
4392025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 56% since 2021932021
1232022
1102023
1572024
1452025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
87.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.2 km
WGNS
Nearest port
90.6 km
ALLOUEZ TACONITE FACILITY RAILWAY DOCK 5
Nearest commercial airport
109.3 km
DULUTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$42.7k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Washburn?
Washburn's economy produced $799.5M 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.