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GDP growth ≥ (per yr)
≥ 2%≥ 4%≥ 6%
Population change ≤
≤ 0%≤ -1%≤ -3%
Min. population
≥ 100k≥ 500k≥ 1M
Unemployment ≤ (BLS LAUS, latest)
≤ 3%≤ 5%≤ 8%
Business formation growth ≥ (Census BFS, ’20–’24)
≥ 0%≥ 5%≥ 10%
Affordability (income CAGR − FHFA HPI CAGR)
ImprovingStrongly improvingWorsening
Min. average wage (BLS QCEW)
≥ $50k≥ $75k≥ $100k
Min. per-capita income (BEA CAINC1)
≥ $40k≥ $60k≥ $80k
Max. distance to interstate (BTS NHS)
≤ 10 km≤ 25 km≤ 50 km
Max. distance to port (USACE)
≤ 50 km≤ 100 km≤ 250 km

Derived from public data — GDP CAGR, location quotient, wage & income, unemployment, formation growth, affordability, and transport access all computed live. Methodology

1,178 counties match
Sort:GDPGDP growthPopulationPop. growthWageIncomeConcentrationUnemploymentBusiness formationAffordabilityNearest interstateNearest port
CountyGDP ’24GDP CAGRPop ΔAvg wageIncomeLQUnemp.Afford. ΔInterstatePort
Grant, SD$831.0M+12.6%+0.3%$53.1k$77.1k2.541.8%-1.4%23 km271 kmHancock, IL$824.4M+10.5%-0.9%$43.6k$60.7k1.013.4%-1.9%46 km19 kmStevens, MN$816.3M+5.6%+0.4%$58.4k$60.9k2.533.3%-4.8%50 km222 kmPembina, ND$813.4M+13.2%-0.9%$58.1k$87.0k3.222.7%-1.4%24 km305 kmCedar, IA$811.5M+7.9%-0.3%$47.6k$69.2k2.032.6%-1.5%14 km40 kmHouston, MN$810.3M+8.5%-0.4%$44.4k$67.9k1.213.5%-3.5%26 km23 kmSwift, MN$799.9M+12.3%-0.2%$56.9k$74.9k3.007.2%+1.4%66 km191 kmWashburn, WI$799.5M+6.5%+0.6%$42.7k$60.6k2.543.4%-5.3%88 km91 kmPalo Alto, IA$796.3M+14.0%-0.3%$45.9k$65.5k2.152.1%-0.4%64 km157 kmSac, IA$793.7M+13.0%-0.5%$50.1k$75.3k2.252.4%-1.0%93 km99 kmFranklin, IA$789.8M+8.8%-0.0%$51.8k$65.6k3.192.9%+1.5%11 km173 kmCrockett, TX$788.4M+18.0%-2.4%$50.3k$70.1k0.093.0%—4 km479 kmYellow Medicine, MN$784.2M+9.4%-0.1%$46.6k$78.2k0.593.8%-2.7%72 km198 kmSan Augustine, TX$780.3M+16.3%-0.5%$55.7k$61.4k0.485.2%—91 km102 kmAntelope, NE$776.6M+6.2%+0.3%$45.9k$67.9k0.802.3%-9.6%125 km141 kmFranklin, IN$773.3M+10.3%+0.4%$41.1k$60.7k2.263.1%-5.3%14 km40 kmArchuleta, CO$773.2M+9.5%+1.3%$45.5k$62.6k0.182.9%-2.2%198 km1013 kmLampasas, TX$766.1M+8.5%+2.1%$44.9k$65.7k1.864.2%-3.6%38 km294 kmRush, IN$764.1M+6.8%-0.0%$48.9k$60.2k1.603.0%-3.3%23 km79 kmGuthrie, IA$752.5M+11.9%+0.2%$52.2k$72.9k0.922.7%-1.2%21 km125 kmPope, MN$750.3M+7.7%+0.3%$54.4k$67.0k2.983.8%-4.3%29 km181 kmIda, IA$745.6M+4.5%-0.9%$57.1k$69.3k4.432.3%+0.2%62 km72 kmNorthwest Arctic Borough, AK$743.5M+3.3%-2.1%$84.9k$62.9k—8.8%—822 km31 kmBenzie, MI$740.7M+9.8%+0.7%$43.3k$63.6k1.264.9%-8.0%104 km18 kmPierce, NE$737.8M+22.1%+0.0%$45.6k$112.7k0.702.2%+10.2%88 km102 km
Grant, SD
GDP ’24
$831.0M
GDP CAGR
+12.6%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$53.1k
Income / cap
$77.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.54
Unemployment
1.8%
Affordability Δ
-1.4%
Nearest interstate
23 km
Nearest port
271 km
Hancock, IL
GDP ’24
$824.4M
GDP CAGR
+10.5%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$43.6k
Income / cap
$60.7k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.01
Unemployment
3.4%
Affordability Δ
-1.9%
Nearest interstate
46 km
Nearest port
19 km
Stevens, MN
GDP ’24
$816.3M
GDP CAGR
+5.6%
Pop Δ
+0.4%
Avg wage
$58.4k
Income / cap
$60.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.53
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-4.8%
Nearest interstate
50 km
Nearest port
222 km
Pembina, ND
GDP ’24
$813.4M
GDP CAGR
+13.2%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$58.1k
Income / cap
$87.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
3.22
Unemployment
2.7%
Affordability Δ
-1.4%
Nearest interstate
24 km
Nearest port
305 km
Cedar, IA
GDP ’24
$811.5M
GDP CAGR
+7.9%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$47.6k
Income / cap
$69.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.03
Unemployment
2.6%
Affordability Δ
-1.5%
Nearest interstate
14 km
Nearest port
40 km
Houston, MN
GDP ’24
$810.3M
GDP CAGR
+8.5%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$44.4k
Income / cap
$67.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.21
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-3.5%
Nearest interstate
26 km
Nearest port
23 km
Swift, MN
GDP ’24
$799.9M
GDP CAGR
+12.3%
Pop Δ
-0.2%
Avg wage
$56.9k
Income / cap
$74.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
3.00
Unemployment
7.2%
Affordability Δ
+1.4%
Nearest interstate
66 km
Nearest port
191 km
Washburn, WI
GDP ’24
$799.5M
GDP CAGR
+6.5%
Pop Δ
+0.6%
Avg wage
$42.7k
Income / cap
$60.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.54
Unemployment
3.4%
Affordability Δ
-5.3%
Nearest interstate
88 km
Nearest port
91 km
Palo Alto, IA
GDP ’24
$796.3M
GDP CAGR
+14.0%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$45.9k
Income / cap
$65.5k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.15
Unemployment
2.1%
Affordability Δ
-0.4%
Nearest interstate
64 km
Nearest port
157 km
Sac, IA
GDP ’24
$793.7M
GDP CAGR
+13.0%
Pop Δ
-0.5%
Avg wage
$50.1k
Income / cap
$75.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.25
Unemployment
2.4%
Affordability Δ
-1.0%
Nearest interstate
93 km
Nearest port
99 km
Franklin, IA
GDP ’24
$789.8M
GDP CAGR
+8.8%
Pop Δ
-0.0%
Avg wage
$51.8k
Income / cap
$65.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
3.19
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
+1.5%
Nearest interstate
11 km
Nearest port
173 km
Crockett, TX
GDP ’24
$788.4M
GDP CAGR
+18.0%
Pop Δ
-2.4%
Avg wage
$50.3k
Income / cap
$70.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.09
Unemployment
3.0%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
4 km
Nearest port
479 km
Yellow Medicine, MN
GDP ’24
$784.2M
GDP CAGR
+9.4%
Pop Δ
-0.1%
Avg wage
$46.6k
Income / cap
$78.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.59
Unemployment
3.8%
Affordability Δ
-2.7%
Nearest interstate
72 km
Nearest port
198 km
San Augustine, TX
GDP ’24
$780.3M
GDP CAGR
+16.3%
Pop Δ
-0.5%
Avg wage
$55.7k
Income / cap
$61.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.48
Unemployment
5.2%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
91 km
Nearest port
102 km
Antelope, NE
GDP ’24
$776.6M
GDP CAGR
+6.2%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$45.9k
Income / cap
$67.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.80
Unemployment
2.3%
Affordability Δ
-9.6%
Nearest interstate
125 km
Nearest port
141 km
Franklin, IN
GDP ’24
$773.3M
GDP CAGR
+10.3%
Pop Δ
+0.4%
Avg wage
$41.1k
Income / cap
$60.7k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.26
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
-5.3%
Nearest interstate
14 km
Nearest port
40 km
Archuleta, CO
GDP ’24
$773.2M
GDP CAGR
+9.5%
Pop Δ
+1.3%
Avg wage
$45.5k
Income / cap
$62.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.18
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-2.2%
Nearest interstate
198 km
Nearest port
1013 km
Lampasas, TX
GDP ’24
$766.1M
GDP CAGR
+8.5%
Pop Δ
+2.1%
Avg wage
$44.9k
Income / cap
$65.7k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.86
Unemployment
4.2%
Affordability Δ
-3.6%
Nearest interstate
38 km
Nearest port
294 km
Rush, IN
GDP ’24
$764.1M
GDP CAGR
+6.8%
Pop Δ
-0.0%
Avg wage
$48.9k
Income / cap
$60.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.60
Unemployment
3.0%
Affordability Δ
-3.3%
Nearest interstate
23 km
Nearest port
79 km
Guthrie, IA
GDP ’24
$752.5M
GDP CAGR
+11.9%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$52.2k
Income / cap
$72.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.92
Unemployment
2.7%
Affordability Δ
-1.2%
Nearest interstate
21 km
Nearest port
125 km
Pope, MN
GDP ’24
$750.3M
GDP CAGR
+7.7%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$54.4k
Income / cap
$67.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.98
Unemployment
3.8%
Affordability Δ
-4.3%
Nearest interstate
29 km
Nearest port
181 km
Ida, IA
GDP ’24
$745.6M
GDP CAGR
+4.5%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$57.1k
Income / cap
$69.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
4.43
Unemployment
2.3%
Affordability Δ
+0.2%
Nearest interstate
62 km
Nearest port
72 km
Northwest Arctic Borough, AK
GDP ’24
$743.5M
GDP CAGR
+3.3%
Pop Δ
-2.1%
Avg wage
$84.9k
Income / cap
$62.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
8.8%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
822 km
Nearest port
31 km
Benzie, MI
GDP ’24
$740.7M
GDP CAGR
+9.8%
Pop Δ
+0.7%
Avg wage
$43.3k
Income / cap
$63.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.26
Unemployment
4.9%
Affordability Δ
-8.0%
Nearest interstate
104 km
Nearest port
18 km
Pierce, NE
GDP ’24
$737.8M
GDP CAGR
+22.1%
Pop Δ
+0.0%
Avg wage
$45.6k
Income / cap
$112.7k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.70
Unemployment
2.2%
Affordability Δ
+10.2%
Nearest interstate
88 km
Nearest port
102 km
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GDP: BEA nominal, 2020–2024. Population & change: Census PEP Vintage 2025. Avg wage: BLS QCEW county annual pay 2023 (CBP payroll÷employment fallback). Income per capita: BEA CAINC1 2024. Location quotient: employment concentration vs. the national base — CBP 2-digit, or BLS QCEW for deep sectors (2023). Unemployment: BLS LAUS, most recent month. Business formation growth: Census BFS county applications, 2020→2024 CAGR (2022+ counts carry Census differential-privacy noise). Affordability: BEA CAINC1 per-capita income CAGR minus FHFA county HPI CAGR, 2020→2024 — positive means incomes are outpacing home prices. Interstate & port distance: county centroid to nearest BTS National Highway System segment / USACE port or dock, computed by Economic Atlas. Suppressed cells show “—”, never zero.
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