County profile
Morton County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#1293 of 3,127 US counties by GDP70th-percentile growthmore diversified than 94% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+6.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,964
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
895
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,601
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$79.4k±$6.5k
Bachelor's degree+
28.8%±3.4%
Poverty rate
8.0%±2.1%
Business applications
353 · 2025
Retail establishments
97
28.3/10k 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
Health care24%
Information21%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing14%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,601
residents · 2025 · +3.8% since 2020
Income per capita $64.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+628
International migration+253
Natural change+410
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.5B2019
$1.5B2020
$1.7B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.9B2023
$2.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$263.9k±$11.9k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
9.8%±2.3%
Affordability
4.7× wages
Residential permits
$36.7M
100 units · 2.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 96Winter weather 95Ice storm 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3362016
3402017
3402018
3462019
3482020
3682021
4092022
4382023
4482024
4722025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -44% since 20211782021
912022
982023
872024
1002025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
16.2 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
12.4 km
BNSF
Nearest port
613.5 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
41.0 km
BISMARCK MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.3k
avg. annual pay · +18% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Morton?
Morton's economy produced $2.0B in 2024, growing 6.1% year over year — faster than most 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.