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Custer

United States · GDP 2024
#2546 of 3,127 US counties by GDP65th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$397.6M
GDP growth
+5.7%
Jobs tracked
1,536
Employers
327
Avg. wage
$45.0k
Population
9,431
Labor & formation
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$84.1k±$3.9k
Business applications
130 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
Food & accommodation31%
Retail trade20%
Health care15%
Construction13%
Arts & recreation12%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,431
residents · 2025 · +13.2% since 2020
Income per capita $72.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+1,168
International migration+62
Natural change−135

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$250.9M
2019
$251.0M
2020
$287.1M
2021
$320.5M
2022
$376.2M
2023
$397.6M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$372.1k±$47.3k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$219/mo
Vacancy rate
15.9%±3.8%
Affordability
8.3× wages
Residential permits
260 (27.6/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
16.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Wildfire 94Winter weather 60Landslide 52
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
215
2016
229
2017
235
2018
249
2019
259
2020
304
2021
355
2022
407
2023
454
2024
492
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
48.5 km
I-190
Nearest freight rail
11.5 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
590.3 km
JEBRO DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
51.6 km
RAPID CITY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$45.0k
avg. annual pay · +27% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Grayson$398.0MLincoln$397.0MAllendale$398.3MAndrew$398.9MRichmond$396.2MBenton$399.6M
The read

Custer's economy produced $397.6M in 2024, growing 5.7% year over year — faster than most US counties. Its largest employment sector is food & accommodation.

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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