County profile
Mille Lacs County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1720 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 47% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+7.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,011
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
742
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
27,753
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.8%
Median HH income
$72.7k±$3.4k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±1.4%
Poverty rate
10.4%±1.2%
Business applications
324 · 2025
Retail establishments
106
38.3/10k 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 care32%
Food & accommodation23%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing12%
Other services6%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
27,753
residents · 2025 · +4.8% since 2020
Income per capita $55.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,520
International migration+8
Natural change−238
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$873.4M2019
$839.5M2020
$950.0M2021
$1.0B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$258.3k±$8.3k
Median gross rent
$903/mo±$52/mo
Vacancy rate
18.3%±1.6%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$29.6M
103 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 66Cold wave 63Hail 57
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2132016
2232017
2392018
2612019
2662020
3012021
3492022
3662023
3712024
3912025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -52% since 20212162021
1102022
642023
1622024
1032025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.4 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
40.3 km
BNSF
Nearest port
106.7 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
54.7 km
ST CLOUD SKY CENTRAL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.9k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mille Lacs?
Mille Lacs's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, growing 7.8% 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.