County profile
Custer County, OK
United States · GDP 2024
#1364 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 96% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-10.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
9,694
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
945
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
28,175
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$59.7k±$3.0k
Bachelor's degree+
31.7%±3.0%
Poverty rate
16.4%±2.3%
Business applications
345 · 2025
Retail establishments
139
49.3/10k 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
Retail trade23%
Health care21%
Food & accommodation19%
Manufacturing16%
Mining & energy13%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
28,175
residents · 2025 · -1.0% since 2020
Income per capita $51.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−405
International migration+110
Natural change+23
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.7B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.7B2021
$2.1B2022
$2.0B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$181.5k±$12.0k
Median gross rent
$824/mo±$50/mo
Vacancy rate
14.9%±2.4%
Affordability
3.7× wages
Residential permits
$6.1M
29 units · 1.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
62.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$937/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 97Tornado 91Hail 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2262016
2342017
2312018
2372019
2392020
2482021
2722022
2822023
2922024
3092025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 81% since 2021162021
222022
342023
282024
292025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
15.7 km
I-40
Nearest freight rail
6.8 km
GNBC
Nearest port
301.3 km
CATOOSA FERTILIZER CO DOCKS
Nearest commercial airport
129.7 km
OKC WILL ROGERS INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.0k
avg. annual pay · +10% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Custer?
Custer's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, contracting 10.0% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.