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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
Intl migration ≥ (per 1,000, ’20–’25)
≥ net inflow≥ +10≥ +25
FEMA risk score (0–100, current point)
≥ 50≥ 75≥ 90≤ 25≤ 50

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

1,178 counties match
Sort:GDPGDP growthPopulationPop. growthWageIncomeConcentrationUnemploymentBusiness formationAffordabilityNearest interstateNearest portIntl migrationFEMA risk
CountyGDP ’24GDP CAGRPop ΔAvg wageIncomeLQUnemp.Afford. ΔInterstatePortIntl mig/1kFEMA
McHenry, ND$278.7M+0.0%-0.9%$55.0k$68.1k1.292.9%-6.9%154 km535 km+1.611.7Douglas, SD$269.0M+8.4%+0.3%$45.1k$73.2k1.911.8%—34 km193 km+19.010.4Harlan, NE$267.4M+11.3%-0.4%$41.0k$73.4k—1.9%-6.8%57 km306 km+3.732.0Pierce, ND$267.4M+3.1%-0.6%$48.2k$60.6k—1.8%—153 km486 km+1.83.2Adams, IA$265.9M+6.7%-0.7%$47.8k$63.8k1.922.3%—52 km96 km+1.120.4Brown, NE$265.6M+5.3%-0.6%$44.0k$66.3k—2.3%-7.9%157 km291 km+15.92.4Kearny, KS$265.4M+6.9%-0.6%$46.7k$64.3k—3.3%-7.8%132 km532 km+22.48.4Grand Isle, VT$265.0M+6.9%+0.8%$48.9k$79.3k0.102.7%-4.8%11 km13 km+2.01.9Carlisle, KY$264.6M+12.2%-0.2%$46.2k$63.3k4.484.6%—28 km15 km+5.118.7Kimball, NE$263.4M+9.7%-0.8%$47.2k$64.1k2.062.0%-3.9%1 km622 km+11.87.6Cimarron, OK$263.3M+11.1%-1.9%$40.4k$79.6k—3.1%—164 km608 km-0.547.3Mathews, VA$260.5M+5.6%+0.2%$39.1k$76.6k0.853.5%-5.6%33 km25 km+0.012.2Edmunds, SD$257.3M+0.8%+0.3%$49.9k$86.2k1.191.8%—162 km402 km+14.77.0Rich, UT$253.4M+14.1%+2.3%$38.6k$60.1k0.143.2%-2.1%45 km704 km-0.40.8Bowman, ND$250.5M+3.3%-1.1%$51.6k$73.6k0.291.6%—87 km700 km+6.52.1Red Lake, MN$247.9M+12.3%-0.3%$43.9k$70.3k—5.0%+2.3%73 km215 km+0.32.2Holt, MO$246.3M+2.9%+0.2%$44.6k$64.0k1.963.1%-7.4%0 km14 km+3.115.7Lake of the Woods, MN$242.0M+4.3%+0.1%$48.3k$65.4k2.525.7%-3.2%168 km112 km+0.33.5Dundy, NE$240.8M+5.4%-1.3%$48.6k$98.6k0.882.0%—94 km494 km+0.02.2Sutton, TX$240.7M+1.8%-0.9%$67.5k$69.0k0.276.4%—7 km393 km+17.27.1Gregory, SD$237.7M+8.5%+0.5%$39.1k$62.9k0.222.0%—62 km243 km+2.716.2Edwards, KS$236.0M+9.3%-1.5%$44.9k$73.2k2.883.4%—110 km366 km+17.417.6Baylor, TX$234.9M+7.1%+0.2%$48.4k$63.9k0.512.8%—73 km428 km+7.817.5Nelson, ND$233.9M+11.2%-0.4%$44.1k$77.6k—1.5%—78 km362 km+15.57.9Stanton, KS$233.9M+3.9%-0.9%$49.5k$76.1k—3.7%—193 km557 km+85.19.6
McHenry, ND
GDP ’24
$278.7M
GDP CAGR
+0.0%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$55.0k
Income / cap
$68.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.29
Unemployment
2.9%
Affordability Δ
-6.9%
Nearest interstate
154 km
Nearest port
535 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.6
FEMA risk
11.7
Douglas, SD
GDP ’24
$269.0M
GDP CAGR
+8.4%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$45.1k
Income / cap
$73.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.91
Unemployment
1.8%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
34 km
Nearest port
193 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+19.0
FEMA risk
10.4
Harlan, NE
GDP ’24
$267.4M
GDP CAGR
+11.3%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$41.0k
Income / cap
$73.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
1.9%
Affordability Δ
-6.8%
Nearest interstate
57 km
Nearest port
306 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.7
FEMA risk
32.0
Pierce, ND
GDP ’24
$267.4M
GDP CAGR
+3.1%
Pop Δ
-0.6%
Avg wage
$48.2k
Income / cap
$60.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
1.8%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
153 km
Nearest port
486 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.8
FEMA risk
3.2
Adams, IA
GDP ’24
$265.9M
GDP CAGR
+6.7%
Pop Δ
-0.7%
Avg wage
$47.8k
Income / cap
$63.8k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.92
Unemployment
2.3%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
52 km
Nearest port
96 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+1.1
FEMA risk
20.4
Brown, NE
GDP ’24
$265.6M
GDP CAGR
+5.3%
Pop Δ
-0.6%
Avg wage
$44.0k
Income / cap
$66.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
2.3%
Affordability Δ
-7.9%
Nearest interstate
157 km
Nearest port
291 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+15.9
FEMA risk
2.4
Kearny, KS
GDP ’24
$265.4M
GDP CAGR
+6.9%
Pop Δ
-0.6%
Avg wage
$46.7k
Income / cap
$64.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
3.3%
Affordability Δ
-7.8%
Nearest interstate
132 km
Nearest port
532 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+22.4
FEMA risk
8.4
Grand Isle, VT
GDP ’24
$265.0M
GDP CAGR
+6.9%
Pop Δ
+0.8%
Avg wage
$48.9k
Income / cap
$79.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.10
Unemployment
2.7%
Affordability Δ
-4.8%
Nearest interstate
11 km
Nearest port
13 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.0
FEMA risk
1.9
Carlisle, KY
GDP ’24
$264.6M
GDP CAGR
+12.2%
Pop Δ
-0.2%
Avg wage
$46.2k
Income / cap
$63.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
4.48
Unemployment
4.6%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
28 km
Nearest port
15 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+5.1
FEMA risk
18.7
Kimball, NE
GDP ’24
$263.4M
GDP CAGR
+9.7%
Pop Δ
-0.8%
Avg wage
$47.2k
Income / cap
$64.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.06
Unemployment
2.0%
Affordability Δ
-3.9%
Nearest interstate
1 km
Nearest port
622 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+11.8
FEMA risk
7.6
Cimarron, OK
GDP ’24
$263.3M
GDP CAGR
+11.1%
Pop Δ
-1.9%
Avg wage
$40.4k
Income / cap
$79.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
164 km
Nearest port
608 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
-0.5
FEMA risk
47.3
Mathews, VA
GDP ’24
$260.5M
GDP CAGR
+5.6%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$39.1k
Income / cap
$76.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.85
Unemployment
3.5%
Affordability Δ
-5.6%
Nearest interstate
33 km
Nearest port
25 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.0
FEMA risk
12.2
Edmunds, SD
GDP ’24
$257.3M
GDP CAGR
+0.8%
Pop Δ
+0.3%
Avg wage
$49.9k
Income / cap
$86.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.19
Unemployment
1.8%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
162 km
Nearest port
402 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+14.7
FEMA risk
7.0
Rich, UT
GDP ’24
$253.4M
GDP CAGR
+14.1%
Pop Δ
+2.3%
Avg wage
$38.6k
Income / cap
$60.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.14
Unemployment
3.2%
Affordability Δ
-2.1%
Nearest interstate
45 km
Nearest port
704 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
-0.4
FEMA risk
0.8
Bowman, ND
GDP ’24
$250.5M
GDP CAGR
+3.3%
Pop Δ
-1.1%
Avg wage
$51.6k
Income / cap
$73.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.29
Unemployment
1.6%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
87 km
Nearest port
700 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+6.5
FEMA risk
2.1
Red Lake, MN
GDP ’24
$247.9M
GDP CAGR
+12.3%
Pop Δ
-0.3%
Avg wage
$43.9k
Income / cap
$70.3k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
5.0%
Affordability Δ
+2.3%
Nearest interstate
73 km
Nearest port
215 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.3
FEMA risk
2.2
Holt, MO
GDP ’24
$246.3M
GDP CAGR
+2.9%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$44.6k
Income / cap
$64.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
1.96
Unemployment
3.1%
Affordability Δ
-7.4%
Nearest interstate
0 km
Nearest port
14 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+3.1
FEMA risk
15.7
Lake of the Woods, MN
GDP ’24
$242.0M
GDP CAGR
+4.3%
Pop Δ
+0.1%
Avg wage
$48.3k
Income / cap
$65.4k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.52
Unemployment
5.7%
Affordability Δ
-3.2%
Nearest interstate
168 km
Nearest port
112 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.3
FEMA risk
3.5
Dundy, NE
GDP ’24
$240.8M
GDP CAGR
+5.4%
Pop Δ
-1.3%
Avg wage
$48.6k
Income / cap
$98.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.88
Unemployment
2.0%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
94 km
Nearest port
494 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+0.0
FEMA risk
2.2
Sutton, TX
GDP ’24
$240.7M
GDP CAGR
+1.8%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$67.5k
Income / cap
$69.0k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.27
Unemployment
6.4%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
7 km
Nearest port
393 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+17.2
FEMA risk
7.1
Gregory, SD
GDP ’24
$237.7M
GDP CAGR
+8.5%
Pop Δ
+0.5%
Avg wage
$39.1k
Income / cap
$62.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.22
Unemployment
2.0%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
62 km
Nearest port
243 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+2.7
FEMA risk
16.2
Edwards, KS
GDP ’24
$236.0M
GDP CAGR
+9.3%
Pop Δ
-1.5%
Avg wage
$44.9k
Income / cap
$73.2k
LQ · Manufacturing
2.88
Unemployment
3.4%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
110 km
Nearest port
366 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+17.4
FEMA risk
17.6
Baylor, TX
GDP ’24
$234.9M
GDP CAGR
+7.1%
Pop Δ
+0.2%
Avg wage
$48.4k
Income / cap
$63.9k
LQ · Manufacturing
0.51
Unemployment
2.8%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
73 km
Nearest port
428 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+7.8
FEMA risk
17.5
Nelson, ND
GDP ’24
$233.9M
GDP CAGR
+11.2%
Pop Δ
-0.4%
Avg wage
$44.1k
Income / cap
$77.6k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
1.5%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
78 km
Nearest port
362 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+15.5
FEMA risk
7.9
Stanton, KS
GDP ’24
$233.9M
GDP CAGR
+3.9%
Pop Δ
-0.9%
Avg wage
$49.5k
Income / cap
$76.1k
LQ · Manufacturing
—
Unemployment
3.7%
Affordability Δ
—
Nearest interstate
193 km
Nearest port
557 km
Intl migration /1k ’20–’25
+85.1
FEMA risk
9.6
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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. Intl migration: net international migration per 1,000 residents — Census PEP Vintage 2025 components of change summed over the 2020→2025 window ÷ 2025 population × 1,000; a net census estimate (arrivals minus departures), not an official immigration statistic. FEMA risk: National Risk Index composite (0–100), a current point-in-time release — relative hazard exposure, not a trend. Suppressed cells show “—”, never zero.
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