County profile
Carlton County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1323 of 3,127 US counties by GDP72nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.9B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.4%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,855
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
708
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
36,711
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$80.6k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.5%±1.9%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.5%
Business applications
273 · 2025
Retail establishments
100
27.2/10k 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
Health care35%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
36,711
residents · 2025 · +1.4% since 2020
Income per capita $55.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,054
International migration+75
Natural change−615
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.7B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.9B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$245.1k±$6.5k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
11.4%±1.4%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$40.0M
155 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
70.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 97Lightning 66Heat wave 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3192016
3292017
3512018
3672019
3782020
4202021
4802022
5432023
5402024
6092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 19% since 20211302021
752022
902023
1262024
1552025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
3.8 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
41.4 km
HALLETT DOCK CO DOCK NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
46.1 km
DULUTH INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.8k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carlton?
Carlton's economy produced $1.9B in 2024, growing 6.4% 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.