County profile
McHenry County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#2747 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 51% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$278.7M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-18.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
740
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
141
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$55.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,130
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$80.7k±$9.7k
Bachelor's degree+
20.3%±2.6%
Poverty rate
9.7%±2.3%
Business applications
50 · 2025
Retail establishments
17
33.0/10k 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
Wholesale trade29%
Health care21%
Retail trade18%
Manufacturing16%
Finance & insurance9%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,130
residents · 2025 · -3.9% since 2020
Income per capita $68.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−170
International migration+8
Natural change−39
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$249.2M2019
$278.3M2020
$347.2M2021
$367.7M2022
$341.9M2023
$278.7M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$151.0k±$16.0k
Median gross rent
$713/mo±$164/mo
Vacancy rate
20.8%±3.2%
Affordability
2.7× wages
Residential permits
$3.3M
12 units · 2.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
11.7
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 89Wildfire 87Ice storm 76
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2025
2112015
2302016
2242017
2382018
2302019
2502020
2522021
2542022
3412024
3422025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 500% since 202122021
52022
62023
112024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
154.4 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
7.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
535.0 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
47.6 km
MINOT INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$55.0k
avg. annual pay · +15% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McHenry?
McHenry's economy produced $278.7M in 2024, contracting 18.5% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is wholesale 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.