County profile
Cottonwood County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1964 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$865.1M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,046
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
325
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$45.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
11,405
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.4%
Median HH income
$72.9k±$5.8k
Bachelor's degree+
24.1%±2.7%
Poverty rate
15.0%±2.1%
Business applications
91 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
40.3/10k 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
Manufacturing49%
Health care17%
Retail trade14%
Construction7%
Wholesale trade7%
Food & accommodation6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
11,405
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $60.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−329
International migration+231
Natural change−23
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$607.6M2019
$678.7M2020
$778.5M2021
$893.2M2022
$828.2M2023
$865.1M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$169.3k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$817/mo±$75/mo
Vacancy rate
10.4%±2.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$3.5M
10 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 78Hail 75Cold wave 71
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2272016
2252017
2392018
2482019
2542020
2842021
3322022
3242023
3252024
3402025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -57% since 2021232021
732022
102023
82024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
41.0 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
14.9 km
UP
Nearest port
168.6 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
133.8 km
JOE FOSS FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$45.6k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cottonwood?
Cottonwood's economy produced $865.1M in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.