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Otter Tail

United States · GDP 2024
#920 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 58% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.3B
GDP growth
+4.5%
Jobs tracked
18,813
Employers
1,730
Avg. wage
$49.8k
Population
61,041
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.0%
Median HH income
$72.3k±$2.1k
Business applications
569 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA
1Otter Tail CorporationUtilities$1.3B65B

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
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
$2.4B
2019
$2.5B
2020
$2.8B
2021
$3.0B
2022
$3.1B
2023
$3.3B
2024

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
72 (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
388
2016
407
2017
421
2018
439
2019
446
2020
482
2021
549
2022
596
2023
654
2024
661
2025

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 EDGAR

7 filings from 1 company here in the last 90 days.

8-KOtter Tail Corporation06-18
8-KOtter Tail Corporation06-05
8-KOtter Tail Corporation05-29
8-KOtter Tail Corporation05-15
10-QOtter Tail Corporation05-06
8-KOtter Tail Corporation05-05
8-KOtter Tail Corporation04-15
8-KOtter Tail Corporation04-14
8-KOtter Tail Corporation03-23
DEF 14AOtter Tail Corporation03-02
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$49.8k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
San Benito$3.3BColumbia$3.3BJackson$3.3BRobertson$3.3BCoos$3.3BIsabella$3.3B
The read

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.
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