County profile
Yellow Medicine County, MN
United States · GDP 2024
#2040 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 52% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$784.2M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,603
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
324
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$46.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,477
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.1%
Median HH income
$74.0k±$5.2k
Bachelor's degree+
19.7%±1.8%
Poverty rate
8.6%±1.3%
Business applications
83 · 2025
Retail establishments
48
50.6/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1Granite Falls Energy, LLCEnergy$309.6M——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 care28%
Professional services24%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation16%
Wholesale trade7%
Manufacturing7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,477
residents · 2025 · -0.2% since 2020
Income per capita $78.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−210
International migration+89
Natural change+102
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$528.0M2019
$548.0M2020
$588.2M2021
$733.4M2022
$800.7M2023
$784.2M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$154.7k±$8.7k
Median gross rent
$678/mo±$66/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±1.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
$12.5M
40 units · 4.2/1k pop
FEMA risk score
30.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$973/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Heat wave 89Winter weather 74Drought 63
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2282016
2282017
2322018
2432019
2522020
2592021
3112022
3432023
3772024
3652025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 400% since 202182021
72022
92023
392024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
72.0 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
9.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
198.2 km
CARGILL WEST, SAVAGE ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
103.8 km
WATERTOWN RGNL
Filing activity
SEC EDGARWage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$46.6k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Yellow Medicine?
Yellow Medicine's economy produced $784.2M in 2024, contracting 2.1% year over year — slower than 85% 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.