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Wells

United States · GDP 2024
#2473 of 3,127 US counties by GDPtop-quartile growthmore diversified than 13% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$443.7M
GDP growth
+7.9%
Jobs tracked
1,145
Employers
168
Avg. wage
$48.0k
Population
3,729
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$66.1k±$8.4k
Business applications
32 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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 care39%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade20%
Other services7%
Food & accommodation7%
Finance & insurance7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,729
residents · 2025 · -5.9% since 2020
Income per capita $82.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−58
International migration+5
Natural change−182

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$260.5M
2019
$284.2M
2020
$328.4M
2021
$467.4M
2022
$411.3M
2023
$443.7M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$114.5k±$10.7k
Median gross rent
$648/mo±$71/mo
Vacancy rate
19.1%±3.9%
Affordability
2.4× wages
Residential permits
1 (0.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
8.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$873/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Winter weather 79Cold wave 72Hail 60

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
78.7 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
7.2 km
CPKC
Nearest port
478.0 km
INTERNATIONAL FALLS
Nearest commercial airport
81.2 km
DEVILS LAKE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +26% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Haskell$442.8MSpencer$444.7MKeokuk$442.6MBrown$442.6MRed River$441.8MWashakie$446.5M
The read

Wells's economy produced $443.7M in 2024, growing 7.9% 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.
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