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Custer

United States · GDP 2024
#2146 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-decile growthmore diversified than 75% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$695.6M
GDP growth
+11.4%
Jobs tracked
4,264
Employers
454
Avg. wage
$47.0k
Population
12,034
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.2%
Median HH income
$70.6k±$6.8k
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
Retail trade26%
Health care25%
Food & accommodation19%
Transportation11%
Construction9%
Finance & insurance9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,034
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $58.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+267
International migration+11
Natural change−102

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$493.8M
2019
$494.8M
2020
$547.8M
2021
$627.9M
2022
$624.6M
2023
$695.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.1k±$8.9k
Median gross rent
$893/mo±$101/mo
Vacancy rate
12.9%±2.6%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
4 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
42.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.6k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 87Winter weather 86Wildfire 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
249
2016
252
2017
251
2018
260
2019
267
2020
296
2021
321
2022
366
2023
398
2024
402
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
24.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
27.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
844.1 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
192.6 km
SIDNEY-RICHLAND RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Gem$696.0MPark$696.4MMadison$694.6MPike$694.0MJeff Davis$693.7MBuckingham$697.9M
The read

Custer's economy produced $695.6M in 2024, growing 11.4% year over year — faster than 94% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.

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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