County profile
McKenzie County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#767 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 85% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$4.4B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,861
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
594
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$90.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
15,192
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$93.4k±$14.4k
Bachelor's degree+
19.1%±3.2%
Poverty rate
12.0%±3.5%
Business applications
264 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
31.1/10k 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
Mining & energy27%
Construction21%
Transportation18%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation10%
Health care10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
15,192
residents · 2025 · +2.8% since 2020
Income per capita $83.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−361
International migration+85
Natural change+752
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.0B2019
$2.7B2020
$4.4B2021
$5.3B2022
$4.4B2023
$4.4B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$349.6k±$29.5k
Median gross rent
$1.3k/mo±$81/mo
Vacancy rate
22.6%±3.9%
Affordability
3.9× wages
Residential permits
$17.4M
40 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
25.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 88Cold wave 80Hail 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1072016
1022017
1102018
1172019
1212020
1242021
1302022
1402023
1522024
1782025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -41% since 2021682021
302022
292023
382024
402025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
89.8 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
47.1 km
BNSF
Nearest port
746.6 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
59.6 km
SIDNEY-RICHLAND RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$90.1k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of McKenzie?
McKenzie's economy produced $4.4B in 2024, contracting 1.1% year over year — slower than 83% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is mining & energy.
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.