Places/MN/Le Sueur County, MN
County profile

Le Sueur County, MN

United States · GDP 2024
#1675 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 10% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
7,817
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
722
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
29,453
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$95.0k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
26.3%±1.6%
Poverty rate
6.4%±1.0%
Business applications
262 · 2025
Retail establishments
74
25.1/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing55%
Health care14%
Retail trade12%
Construction8%
Food & accommodation6%
Other services5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
29,453
residents · 2025 · +2.9% since 2020
Income per capita $64.4k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+389
International migration+279
Natural change+159

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$983.2M
2019
$996.4M
2020
$1.1B
2021
$1.2B
2022
$1.2B
2023
$1.2B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$316.5k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$942/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
10.8%±1.2%
Affordability
5.9× wages
Residential permits
$24.6M
67 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
22.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 75Hail 65Landslide 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
349
2016
363
2017
390
2018
408
2019
414
2020
459
2021
516
2022
554
2023
576
2024
598
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
-50% since 2021
133
2021
73
2022
77
2023
55
2024
67
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
34.1 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
UP
Nearest port
54.5 km
HARVEST STATE COOPERATIVES, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
69.5 km
MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL INTL/WOLD-CHAMBERLAIN
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Le Sueur?

Le Sueur's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 1.8% year over yearslower than 72% of 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.