County profile
Wadena County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2082 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$744.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,946
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
399
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,388
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$61.5k±$4.7k
Bachelor's degree+
19.8%±2.4%
Poverty rate
12.5%±2.1%
Business applications
144 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
48.1/10k 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 care30%
Retail trade24%
Manufacturing14%
Wholesale trade13%
Food & accommodation12%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,388
residents · 2025 · +1.9% since 2020
Income per capita $52.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+402
International migration+63
Natural change−209
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$539.1M2019
$547.6M2020
$594.9M2021
$654.9M2022
$700.7M2023
$744.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$173.0k±$5.4k
Median gross rent
$746/mo±$86/mo
Vacancy rate
13.4%±1.7%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$16.6M
82 units · 5.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
12.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 66Winter weather 64Drought 60
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1562016
1642017
1712018
1892019
1932020
2112021
2522022
2522023
2932024
2972025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 86% since 2021442021
392022
462023
572024
822025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
84.9 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
20.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
214.4 km
HALLETT DOCK CO DOCK NO 6
Nearest commercial airport
67.0 km
BRAINERD LAKES RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Wadena?
Wadena's economy produced $744.5M in 2024, growing 6.2% year over year — faster than most 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.