Places/WI/Washington County, WI
County profile

Washington County, WI

United States · GDP 2024
#473 of 3,127 US counties by GDP61st-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$9.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
54,404
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,427
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
139,238
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$96.4k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
35.2%±1.4%
Poverty rate
5.8%±0.7%
Business applications
1,379 · 2025
Retail establishments
355
25.6/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing37%
Retail trade19%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation12%
Wholesale trade8%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
139,238
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $76.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+2,511
International migration+473
Natural change528

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$7.1B
2019
$6.8B
2020
$7.3B
2021
$8.2B
2022
$8.7B
2023
$9.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$344.8k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$1.2k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
3.9%±0.7%
Affordability
6.1× wages
Residential permits
$163.0M
398 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
68.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.3k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 90Hail 87Tornado 84
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
452
2016
472
2017
498
2018
519
2019
530
2020
579
2021
660
2022
726
2023
770
2024
815
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-23% since 2021
520
2021
467
2022
283
2023
447
2024
398
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
4.7 km
I-41
Nearest freight rail
5.2 km
WSOR
Nearest port
29.5 km
WISCONSIN ELEC POWER-PORT WASHINGTON PLANT COAL DK
Nearest commercial airport
54.1 km
GENERAL MITCHELL INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$56.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Washington?

Washington's economy produced $9.2B in 2024, growing 5.3% year over yearfaster 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.