County profile
Norman County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2812 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 24% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$246.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-12.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,206
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
175
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
6,336
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.0%
Median HH income
$72.3k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
22.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
10.1%±1.8%
Business applications
56 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
41.3/10k 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 care42%
Retail trade22%
Agriculture10%
Finance & insurance10%
Wholesale trade9%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
6,336
residents · 2025 · -1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−34
International migration+58
Natural change−129
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$237.5M2019
$244.9M2020
$327.7M2021
$367.2M2022
$281.7M2023
$246.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.1k±$12.1k
Median gross rent
$774/mo±$87/mo
Vacancy rate
16.2%±2.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$3.6M
10 units · 1.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
14.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 77Hail 70Winter weather 67
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1362016
1452017
1582018
1692019
1652020
1832021
2002022
2172023
2192024
2092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 2021182021
82022
82023
62024
102025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
42.5 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
24.0 km
MNN
Nearest port
267.9 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
52.7 km
HECTOR INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.9k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Norman?
Norman's economy produced $246.2M in 2024, contracting 12.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.