County profile
Pierce County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#2767 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 37% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$267.4M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-9.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,349
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
160
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,838
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$59.4k±$8.4k
Bachelor's degree+
28.2%±4.6%
Poverty rate
10.8%±3.4%
Business applications
34 · 2025
Retail establishments
25
64.4/10k 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 care35%
Wholesale trade19%
Retail trade18%
Food & accommodation12%
Finance & insurance8%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,838
residents · 2025 · -3.6% since 2020
Income per capita $60.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−19
International migration+7
Natural change−132
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$233.7M2019
$236.2M2020
$297.1M2021
$334.6M2022
$295.9M2023
$267.4M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$147.3k±$19.8k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±4.2%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$400.0k
2 units · 0.5/1k pop
FEMA risk score
3.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$873/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 71Cold wave 60Wildfire 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2014–2024
2102014
2222015
2082016
2242017
2232018
2112019
2142020
2392021
2422022
3282024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -71% since 202172021
72022
32023
22024
22025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
153.2 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
13.5 km
BNSF
Nearest port
486.1 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
80.1 km
DEVILS LAKE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +14% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Pierce?
Pierce's economy produced $267.4M in 2024, contracting 9.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.