County profile
Houston County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2020 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 70% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$810.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,309
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
394
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,400
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$79.8k±$7.9k
Bachelor's degree+
30.1%±2.5%
Poverty rate
6.6%±1.1%
Business applications
144 · 2025
Retail establishments
54
29.1/10k 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 care27%
Retail trade27%
Manufacturing15%
Construction12%
Transportation10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,400
residents · 2025 · -2.4% since 2020
Income per capita $67.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−64
International migration+35
Natural change−408
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$555.1M2019
$584.7M2020
$667.4M2021
$709.4M2022
$752.8M2023
$810.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$239.0k±$7.4k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$67/mo
Vacancy rate
7.3%±1.8%
Affordability
5.4× wages
Residential permits
$13.6M
37 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
29.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Landslide 89Hail 67Cold wave 64
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2632016
2812017
2882018
3002019
3082020
3362021
3772022
4182023
4582024
4702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 6% since 2021352021
462022
372023
442024
372025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.6 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
17.3 km
CPKC
Nearest port
23.2 km
CITY OF LACROSSE, ISLE LAPLUME DOCK AND FLEET MOORING
Nearest commercial airport
29.9 km
LA CROSSE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$44.4k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Houston?
Houston's economy produced $810.3M in 2024, growing 7.6% 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.