County profile
Becker County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1253 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,874
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
956
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
35,497
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.6%
Median HH income
$71.4k±$2.0k
Bachelor's degree+
28.0%±1.7%
Poverty rate
12.9%±1.6%
Business applications
394 · 2025
Retail establishments
128
36.2/10k 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
Manufacturing31%
Health care22%
Retail trade21%
Food & accommodation11%
Admin & support9%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
35,497
residents · 2025 · +0.9% since 2020
Income per capita $63.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+545
International migration+68
Natural change−288
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$291.0k±$13.5k
Median gross rent
$920/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
28.0%±1.2%
Affordability
5.7× wages
Residential permits
$60.8M
182 units · 5.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 89Landslide 79Wildfire 77
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3892016
4092017
4272018
4492019
4522020
4882021
5622022
5822023
6282024
6642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -4% since 20211902021
1442022
1462023
1512024
1822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
62.6 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
17.8 km
CPKC
Nearest port
251.4 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
84.9 km
BEMIDJI RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Becker?
Becker's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.