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Polk

United States · GDP 2024
#1418 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 46% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.7B
GDP growth
-4.0%
Jobs tracked
8,944
Employers
733
Avg. wage
$52.6k
Population
30,545
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$73.1k±$4.4k
Business applications
255 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$1.4B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.8B
2022
$1.8B
2023
$1.7B
2024

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
42 (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
298
2016
298
2017
299
2018
314
2019
317
2020
334
2021
378
2022
388
2023
418
2024
433
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Cowley$1.7BPutnam$1.7BRoseau$1.7BVance$1.7BObion$1.7BEscambia$1.7B
The read

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.
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