County profile
Cass County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1587 of 3,127 US counties by GDP67th-percentile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,493
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
891
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$41.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
31,430
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$68.9k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
26.0%±1.1%
Poverty rate
12.8%±1.1%
Business applications
359 · 2025
Retail establishments
137
43.6/10k 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
Food & accommodation31%
Health care25%
Retail trade18%
Other services9%
Manufacturing9%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
31,430
residents · 2025 · +4.2% since 2020
Income per capita $61.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,980
International migration+49
Natural change−787
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.5B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.3B2023
$1.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$288.3k±$7.3k
Median gross rent
$863/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
47.4%±0.9%
Affordability
7.0× wages
Residential permits
$86.2M
271 units · 8.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
53.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 84Landslide 81Winter weather 78
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1582016
1632017
1732018
1802019
1852020
2052021
2422022
2702023
2742024
2952025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -20% since 20213402021
3142022
2772023
2942024
2712025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
132.9 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
14.9 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
166.2 km
HALLETT DOCK CO DOCK NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
62.3 km
BRAINERD LAKES RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$41.5k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cass?
Cass's economy produced $1.4B in 2024, growing 5.9% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.
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.