County profile
Mercer County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#1703 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 77% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.2B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,631
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
248
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$78.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
8,441
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$80.9k±$6.4k
Bachelor's degree+
23.3%±3.2%
Poverty rate
9.7%±3.6%
Business applications
75 · 2025
Retail establishments
42
50.3/10k 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 & energy23%
Manufacturing19%
Health care19%
Retail trade15%
Utilities15%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
8,441
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $69.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+39
International migration+54
Natural change+1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.0B2020
$1.1B2021
$1.2B2022
$1.2B2023
$1.2B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$198.5k±$16.8k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$210/mo
Vacancy rate
23.0%±3.8%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$1.2M
3 units · 0.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
13.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 84Hail 75Cold wave 66
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2812016
2792017
2732018
2712019
2742020
2822021
2902022
3322023
3352024
3432025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -67% since 202192021
12022
142023
62024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
49.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
BNSF
Nearest port
643.6 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
92.8 km
DICKINSON/THEODORE ROOSEVELT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$78.7k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Mercer?
Mercer's economy produced $1.2B in 2024, contracting 3.6% year over year — slower than 89% 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.