County profile
Big Stone County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2644 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$336.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,372
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
178
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,054
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$70.4k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.7%±3.4%
Poverty rate
12.9%±2.6%
Business applications
32 · 2025
Retail establishments
23
45.3/10k 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 care46%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction10%
Other services7%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,054
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $70.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−4
International migration+18
Natural change−120
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$202.0M2019
$238.6M2020
$274.7M2021
$327.1M2022
$315.8M2023
$336.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.1k±$16.4k
Median gross rent
$745/mo±$99/mo
Vacancy rate
28.8%±2.6%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$683.4k
2 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
8.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 62Winter weather 62Hail 48
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1462016
1532017
1662018
1692019
1702020
1882021
2192022
2482023
2612024
2692025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -82% since 2021112021
82022
72023
32024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
45.2 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
14.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
249.8 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
81.5 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.4k
avg. annual pay · +32% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Big Stone?
Big Stone's economy produced $336.4M in 2024, growing 6.5% year over year — faster than most 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.