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Cass

United States · GDP 2024
#1943 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 4% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$883.5M
GDP growth
-0.3%
Jobs tracked
4,319
Employers
241
Avg. wage
$50.0k
Population
12,463
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.9%
Median HH income
$68.1k±$4.9k
Business applications
92 · 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
Manufacturing58%
Admin & support13%
Retail trade11%
Food & accommodation6%
Health care6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,463
residents · 2025 · -4.0% since 2020
Income per capita $52.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,069
International migration+544
Natural change+9

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$649.8M
2019
$678.8M
2020
$742.0M
2021
$809.3M
2022
$886.0M
2023
$883.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$97.1k±$4.5k
Median gross rent
$723/mo±$88/mo
Vacancy rate
9.7%±2.6%
Affordability
1.9× wages
Residential permits
2 (0.2/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
38.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$916/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 85Drought 84Heat wave 65
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
191
2016
173
2017
187
2018
189
2019
189
2020
200
2021
216
2022
248
2023
237
2024
260
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
27.6 km
I-72
Nearest freight rail
13.8 km
BNSF
Nearest port
17.0 km
LOGSDON TUG SERVICE, BEARDSTOWN FLEET MOORINGS
Nearest commercial airport
50.6 km
ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAPITAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$50.0k
avg. annual pay · +31% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Nicholas$883.2MRamsey$883.0MDeKalb$882.9MMadison$884.8MCuster$882.3MTorrance$881.3M
The read

Cass's economy produced $883.5M in 2024, contracting 0.3% year over year — slower than 81% 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.
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