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Custer

United States · GDP 2024
#2850 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 43% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$227.5M
GDP growth
+6.8%
Jobs tracked
717
Employers
170
Avg. wage
$43.8k
Population
5,590
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$72.7k±$7.0k
Business applications
150 · 2025

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
Retail trade32%
Food & accommodation19%
Construction16%
Other services16%
Health care9%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,590
residents · 2025 · +18.3% since 2020
Income per capita $58.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+892
International migration+6
Natural change−34

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$146.2M
2019
$147.2M
2020
$174.5M
2021
$194.6M
2022
$212.9M
2023
$227.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$392.1k±$35.7k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$313/mo
Vacancy rate
42.3%±5.1%
Affordability
8.9× wages
Residential permits
78 (14.0/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
3.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 82Wildfire 82Lightning 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
173
2016
189
2017
205
2018
211
2019
232
2020
255
2021
314
2022
346
2023
380
2024
342
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
52.0 km
I-25
Nearest freight rail
34.1 km
RRRR
Nearest port
866.2 km
BARTLETT AND CO NEBRASKA CITY DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
78.6 km
PUEBLO MEML
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$43.8k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Blaine$227.4MNess$227.1MRandolph$227.8MReynolds$227.9MHickory$228.4MBarber$228.6M
The read

Custer's economy produced $227.5M in 2024, growing 6.8% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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.
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