County profile
Meeker County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1465 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,775
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
606
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$51.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
23,603
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.2%
Median HH income
$75.4k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±1.5%
Poverty rate
9.1%±1.3%
Business applications
228 · 2025
Retail establishments
71
30.2/10k 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
Manufacturing40%
Health care20%
Retail trade17%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
23,603
residents · 2025 · +0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $59.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+72
International migration+133
Natural change−25
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.6B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$249.0k±$8.2k
Median gross rent
$904/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±1.5%
Affordability
4.8× wages
Residential permits
$14.3M
48 units · 2.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$997/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 72Strong wind 71Winter weather 62
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2432016
2552017
2692018
2812019
2932020
3232021
3712022
4142023
4242024
4462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -45% since 2021882021
1392022
652023
712024
482025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.9 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
0.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
99.3 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
59.7 km
ST CLOUD SKY CENTRAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$51.5k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Meeker?
Meeker's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.