County profile
Stark County, ND
United States · GDP 2024
#873 of 3,127 US counties by GDP40th-percentile growthmore diversified than 97% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
14,599
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,222
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$70.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
34,013
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.5%
Median HH income
$84.4k±$4.0k
Bachelor's degree+
30.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
12.1%±2.1%
Business applications
463 · 2025
Retail establishments
165
49.0/10k 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
Retail trade20%
Mining & energy19%
Health care18%
Manufacturing15%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction13%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
34,013
residents · 2025 · +0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $73.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−1,145
International migration+297
Natural change+1,067
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$3.1B2019
$2.6B2020
$2.7B2021
$3.1B2022
$3.5B2023
$3.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$271.7k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$960/mo±$46/mo
Vacancy rate
12.7%±2.4%
Affordability
3.8× wages
Residential permits
$31.8M
65 units · 1.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
37.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 97Hail 86Cold wave 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3542016
3462017
3542018
3622019
3652020
3742021
3962022
4132023
4342024
4642025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -18% since 2021792021
642022
702023
272024
652025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
7.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
4.7 km
BNSF
Nearest port
694.5 km
BIG SOO TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
11.5 km
DICKINSON/THEODORE ROOSEVELT RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$70.7k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Stark?
Stark's economy produced $3.6B in 2024, growing 3.5% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is retail trade.
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.