County profile
Otter Tail County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#920 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
18,813
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,730
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
61,041
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.7%
Median HH income
$72.3k±$2.1k
Bachelor's degree+
28.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
8.7%±0.9%
Business applications
569 · 2025
Retail establishments
252
41.3/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Otter Tail CorporationIndustrials$1.3B67BHQ-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
Manufacturing28%
Health care27%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction7%
Other services7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
61,041
residents · 2025 · +1.6% since 2020
Income per capita $62.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,340
International migration+522
Natural change−922
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.4B2019
$2.5B2020
$2.8B2021
$3.0B2022
$3.1B2023
$3.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$273.0k±$6.4k
Median gross rent
$868/mo±$63/mo
Vacancy rate
31.4%±1.0%
Affordability
5.5× wages
Residential permits
$21.6M
72 units · 1.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
79.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$983/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Cold wave 91Strong wind 87
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3882016
4072017
4212018
4392019
4462020
4822021
5492022
5962023
6542024
6612025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -22% since 2021922021
1362022
1642023
892024
722025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
32.4 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
10.9 km
CPKC
Nearest port
244.7 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
101.9 km
HECTOR INTL
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR2 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Otter Tail?
Otter Tail's economy produced $3.3B in 2024, growing 4.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.