County profile
Chippewa County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2050 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$773.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,524
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
372
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,406
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$4.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.3%±2.3%
Poverty rate
14.5%±2.9%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
43
34.7/10k 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
Manufacturing32%
Health care30%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation8%
Other services7%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,406
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $58.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−589
International migration+408
Natural change−13
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$556.6M2019
$581.2M2020
$674.5M2021
$745.1M2022
$787.8M2023
$773.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$156.1k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$869/mo±$49/mo
Vacancy rate
9.5%±2.7%
Affordability
3.0× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
11 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 74Heat wave 71Cold wave 69
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2152016
2122017
2232018
2372019
2412020
2732021
3152022
3562023
3562024
3962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -77% since 2021482021
112022
122023
122024
112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
91.4 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
14.6 km
TCWR
Nearest port
175.7 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
125.5 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.8k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Chippewa?
Chippewa's economy produced $773.8M in 2024, contracting 1.8% year over year — slower than 85% of 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.