County profile
Waupaca County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#1103 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 16% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.5B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
15,170
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,199
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
51,461
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.0%
Median HH income
$72.8k±$2.8k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±1.4%
Poverty rate
10.4%±1.1%
Business applications
418 · 2025
Retail establishments
168
32.7/10k 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
Manufacturing43%
Retail trade18%
Health care17%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services5%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,461
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $59.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+636
International migration+245
Natural change−1,197
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.0B2020
$2.1B2021
$2.3B2022
$2.4B2023
$2.5B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.4k±$7.7k
Median gross rent
$852/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±1.3%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$73.8M
214 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 92Hail 89Lightning 80
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2492016
2592017
2732018
2852019
2952020
3322021
3782022
4062023
4592024
4982025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 14% since 20211882021
1312022
1212023
3002024
2142025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
43.9 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
1.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
74.4 km
GEORGIA PACIFIC
Nearest commercial airport
42.6 km
APPLETON INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.1k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Waupaca?
Waupaca's economy produced $2.5B in 2024, growing 4.4% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.