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County profile

Blue Earth

United States · GDP 2024
#670 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 69% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.6B
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
35,883
Employers
1,992
Avg. wage
$55.0k
Population
70,634
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$74.5k±$2.4k
Business applications
678 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Winland Holdings CorporationTechnology$5.8M61C

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 care32%
Retail trade23%
Manufacturing17%
Food & accommodation16%
Construction7%
Transportation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
70,634
residents · 2025 · +2.1% since 2020
Income per capita $56.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−198
International migration+1,075
Natural change+498

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$4.2B
2019
$4.2B
2020
$4.6B
2021
$5.0B
2022
$5.2B
2023
$5.6B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$266.7k±$6.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$53/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±1.2%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
274 (3.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
72.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 95Winter weather 94Cold wave 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
365
2016
386
2017
408
2018
419
2019
427
2020
464
2021
521
2022
557
2023
567
2024
594
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.4 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
12.9 km
UP
Nearest port
100.6 km
HARVEST STATE COOPERATIVES, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
114.1 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
DeKalb$5.7BHarrison$5.7BFloyd$5.7BLewis and Clark$5.7BSauk$5.6BCascade$5.7B
The read

Blue Earth's economy produced $5.6B in 2024, growing 7.9% 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.
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