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County profile

Cass

United States · GDP 2024
#1327 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 25% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
GDP growth
-3.6%
Jobs tracked
7,632
Employers
777
Avg. wage
$51.2k
Population
51,677
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$70.4k±$3.5k
Business applications
509 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Manufacturing44%
Food & accommodation15%
Retail trade14%
Health care12%
Other services9%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
51,677
residents · 2025 · +0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $59.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+853
International migration+61
Natural change−781

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B
2019
$1.1B
2020
$1.3B
2021
$1.6B
2022
$2.0B
2023
$1.9B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$218.0k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$916/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
17.4%±1.3%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
140 (2.7/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
47.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$993/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 85Hail 79Cold wave 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
494
2016
520
2017
555
2018
574
2019
601
2020
667
2021
780
2022
826
2023
884
2024
923
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
CN
Nearest port
45.1 km
RIETH-RILEY CONSTRUCTION CENTRAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
35.2 km
SOUTH BEND INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$51.2k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Nobles$1.9BWashington$1.9BDecatur$1.9BChesterfield$1.9BHendry$1.9BWythe$1.9B
The read

Cass's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 88% 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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