County profile
Kittson County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2860 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 26% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$222.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-21.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,067
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
144
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
4,031
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$76.1k±$9.7k
Bachelor's degree+
29.1%±3.3%
Poverty rate
9.1%±1.7%
Business applications
29 · 2025
Retail establishments
27
67.0/10k 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 care32%
Retail trade26%
Manufacturing16%
Wholesale trade11%
Other services10%
Construction5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
4,031
residents · 2025 · -3.7% since 2020
Income per capita $63.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−63
International migration+41
Natural change−137
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$189.0M2019
$236.0M2020
$329.6M2021
$317.4M2022
$282.7M2023
$222.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$134.8k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$757/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
20.4%±2.0%
Affordability
2.9× wages
Residential permits
$2.3M
7 units · 1.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
4.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 74Drought 55Winter weather 46
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1392016
1432017
1652018
1702019
1732020
1722021
2252022
2052023
2432024
2512025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 600% since 202112021
12022
42023
42024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
30.6 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
4.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
248.7 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
90.6 km
THIEF RIVER FALLS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Kittson?
Kittson's economy produced $222.9M in 2024, contracting 21.2% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.