County profile
Mower County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#981 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 49% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
13,890
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
800
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$58.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
40,971
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.8%
Median HH income
$73.1k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.9%±1.8%
Poverty rate
10.4%±1.8%
Business applications
306 · 2025
Retail establishments
121
29.7/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Hormel Foods CorporationConsumer Defensive$12.1B79B+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
Manufacturing32%
Health care24%
Retail trade15%
Management12%
Food & accommodation10%
Transportation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
40,971
residents · 2025 · +2.3% since 2020
Income per capita $57.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−721
International migration+1,312
Natural change+280
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.1B2019
$2.2B2020
$2.4B2021
$2.6B2022
$3.0B2023
$3.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$185.2k±$11.3k
Median gross rent
$927/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±1.4%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$23.5M
136 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 92Hail 86Tornado 81
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3102016
3252017
3502018
3642019
3752020
4242021
4862022
5122023
5322024
5722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 232% since 2021412021
1402022
352023
552024
1362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.4 km
I-90
Nearest freight rail
16.6 km
CPKC
Nearest port
96.6 km
Winona Port Authority, MN
Nearest commercial airport
33.2 km
ROCHESTER INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR1 filing from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$58.0k
avg. annual pay · +17% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mower?
Mower's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 1.2% year over year — slower than 75% 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.