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Wadena

United States · GDP 2024
#2082 of 3,127 US counties by GDP71st-percentile growthmore diversified than 64% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$744.5M
GDP growth
+6.2%
Jobs tracked
3,946
Employers
399
Avg. wage
$47.4k
Population
14,388
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.9%
Median HH income
$61.5k±$4.7k
Business applications
144 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
$539.1M
2019
$547.6M
2020
$594.9M
2021
$654.9M
2022
$700.7M
2023
$744.5M
2024

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
82 (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
156
2016
164
2017
171
2018
189
2019
193
2020
211
2021
252
2022
252
2023
293
2024
297
2025
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.4k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Northwest Arctic Borough$743.5MPratt$745.5MIda$745.6MPrice$742.9MLivingston$741.9MMadison$741.5M
The read

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.
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