County profile
Polk County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#1418 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,944
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
733
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
30,545
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
5.3%
Median HH income
$73.1k±$4.4k
Bachelor's degree+
28.0%±2.0%
Poverty rate
11.9%±1.7%
Business applications
255 · 2025
Retail establishments
100
32.6/10k 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%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation13%
Transportation7%
Construction7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
30,545
residents · 2025 · -1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $62.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−601
International migration+232
Natural change−178
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.4B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$222.8k±$6.8k
Median gross rent
$855/mo±$58/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±1.5%
Affordability
4.2× wages
Residential permits
$18.4M
42 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
67.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 92Cold wave 90Drought 89
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2982016
2982017
2992018
3142019
3172020
3342021
3782022
3882023
4182024
4332025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -29% since 2021592021
452022
552023
442024
422025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
50.7 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
5.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
240.5 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
36.1 km
THIEF RIVER FALLS RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Polk?
Polk's economy produced $1.7B in 2024, contracting 4.0% year over year — slower than 89% of 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.