County profile
Sargent County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#1372 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 1% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-6.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,504
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
122
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$68.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,711
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.6%
Median HH income
$77.9k±$7.7k
Bachelor's degree+
18.2%±2.8%
Poverty rate
6.9%±2.0%
Business applications
44 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
34.9/10k 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
Manufacturing77%
Retail trade7%
Wholesale trade5%
Construction5%
Health care3%
Other services2%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,711
residents · 2025 · -3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $81.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−132
International migration+5
Natural change−1
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$829.3M2019
$1.0B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.9B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$163.2k±$19.5k
Median gross rent
$816/mo±$45/mo
Vacancy rate
12.3%±2.3%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
$2.5M
3 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
7.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$935/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 77Ice storm 68Winter weather 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2015–2024
1682015
1822016
1952017
1992018
2152019
2152020
2182021
4152022
2592023
3162024
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -63% since 202182021
22022
32023
32024
32025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
61.4 km
I-29
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
DMVW
Nearest port
360.4 km
AMERICAN IRON AND SUPPLY CO. DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
95.8 km
ABERDEEN RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$68.3k
avg. annual pay · +50% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Sargent?
Sargent's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, contracting 6.7% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.
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.