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Barron

United States · GDP 2024
#982 of 3,127 US counties by GDP54th-percentile growthmore diversified than 31% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.0B
GDP growth
+4.7%
Jobs tracked
17,770
Employers
1,340
Avg. wage
$46.8k
Population
46,484
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.1%
Median HH income
$65.9k±$2.1k
Business applications
470 · 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
Manufacturing37%
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction5%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
46,484
residents · 2025 · -0.5% since 2020
Income per capita $63.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+252
International migration+325
Natural change−795

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$2.2B
2019
$2.2B
2020
$2.4B
2021
$2.7B
2022
$2.9B
2023
$3.0B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$216.6k±$6.6k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$37/mo
Vacancy rate
17.1%±1.2%
Affordability
4.6× wages
Residential permits
152 (3.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
68.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$984/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 95Hail 89Strong wind 82
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
249
2016
257
2017
275
2018
285
2019
296
2020
337
2021
393
2022
413
2023
455
2024
479
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
57.5 km
I-94
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
CN
Nearest port
108.4 km
Peavey, Red Rock River Terminal, Unloading Dock.
Nearest commercial airport
68.3 km
CHIPPEWA VALLEY RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$46.8k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Mower$3.0BHuron$3.0BMontgomery$3.0BGrant$3.0BRhea$3.0BDickson$3.0B
The read

Barron's economy produced $3.0B in 2024, growing 4.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.
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