County profile
Wood County, WI
United States · GDP 2024
#693 of 3,127 US counties by GDP36th-percentile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
34,252
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,717
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
74,060
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$68.0k±$2.3k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±1.2%
Poverty rate
10.8%±1.1%
Business applications
651 · 2025
Retail establishments
242
32.6/10k 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
Health care37%
Manufacturing21%
Retail trade14%
Transportation14%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
74,060
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $58.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+382
International migration+565
Natural change−1,068
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.3B2019
$4.4B2020
$4.5B2021
$4.9B2022
$5.1B2023
$5.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$175.6k±$5.3k
Median gross rent
$856/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
7.2%±1.2%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$49.3M
156 units · 2.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
75.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Hail 91Tornado 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3572016
3662017
3862018
4012019
4132020
4542021
5192022
5732023
6132024
6672025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 30% since 20211202021
1212022
1012023
1382024
1562025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
37.4 km
I-39
Nearest freight rail
8.2 km
CN
Nearest port
118.7 km
LACROSSE MUNICIPAL TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
46.6 km
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wood?
Wood's economy produced $5.3B in 2024, growing 3.0% year over year — slower than 64% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.