County profile
Lincoln County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2291 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$588.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,176
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
183
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$43.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,583
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$69.7k±$3.7k
Bachelor's degree+
25.7%±2.3%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.6%
Business applications
43 · 2025
Retail establishments
29
51.9/10k 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 trade23%
Other services16%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction6%
Transportation5%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,583
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $60.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−20
International migration+15
Natural change−34
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$329.2M2019
$342.6M2020
$476.0M2021
$586.4M2022
$611.6M2023
$588.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$164.4k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$674/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
19.7%±2.5%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$8.0M
17 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
18.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 77Winter weather 70Drought 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1352016
1382017
1422018
1362019
1422020
1602021
1952022
2242023
2392024
2242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 55% since 2021112021
112022
162023
162024
172025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.9 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
15.3 km
RCPE
Nearest port
219.8 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
89.6 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$43.5k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Lincoln?
Lincoln's economy produced $588.3M in 2024, contracting 3.8% year over year — slower than 89% of 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.