County profile
Clearwater County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2556 of 3,127 US counties by GDP63rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$393.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,107
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
202
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,647
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
7.6%
Median HH income
$64.5k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±1.7%
Poverty rate
12.6%±1.6%
Business applications
81 · 2025
Retail establishments
36
41.6/10k 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
Manufacturing27%
Health care26%
Construction17%
Retail trade15%
Food & accommodation11%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,647
residents · 2025 · +1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $58.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+61
International migration+6
Natural change+14
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$275.4M2019
$282.3M2020
$351.6M2021
$348.1M2022
$372.7M2023
$393.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$192.1k±$7.9k
Median gross rent
$742/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
25.3%±1.7%
Affordability
3.4× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 66Drought 60Landslide 59
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1052016
1132017
1192018
1232019
1252020
1342021
1552022
1512023
1632024
1792025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -100% since 202142021
22022
12023
72024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
124.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
5.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
185.9 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
34.2 km
BEMIDJI RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.4k
avg. annual pay · +36% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Clearwater?
Clearwater's economy produced $393.4M in 2024, growing 5.5% year over year — faster than most 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.