County profile
Kanabec County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2350 of 3,127 US counties by GDP73rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 15% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$548.8M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,371
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
314
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
16,628
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.5%
Median HH income
$71.5k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
15.7%±1.5%
Poverty rate
10.0%±1.6%
Business applications
154 · 2025
Retail establishments
47
28.3/10k 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
Health care41%
Retail trade19%
Manufacturing16%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction9%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
16,628
residents · 2025 · +3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $54.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+730
International migration+1
Natural change−160
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$453.2M2019
$449.9M2020
$492.5M2021
$501.0M2022
$515.3M2023
$548.8M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$228.1k±$5.7k
Median gross rent
$962/mo±$134/mo
Vacancy rate
16.3%±1.5%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$16.6M
83 units · 5.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 66Wildfire 63Hail 51
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1722016
1832017
2022018
2082019
2192020
2402021
2732022
3032023
3132024
3152025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 102% since 2021412021
462022
472023
552024
832025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
25.3 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
15.2 km
BNSF
Nearest port
104.0 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
74.2 km
ST CLOUD SKY CENTRAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Kanabec?
Kanabec's economy produced $548.8M in 2024, growing 6.5% 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.