County profile
Adair County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2198 of 3,127 US counties by GDP59th-percentile growthmore diversified than 66% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$662.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,868
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
208
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$49.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
7,403
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
1.9%
Median HH income
$68.1k±$4.8k
Bachelor's degree+
19.9%±2.5%
Poverty rate
9.5%±1.9%
Business applications
66 · 2025
Retail establishments
26
34.8/10k 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
Health care28%
Manufacturing23%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation14%
Transportation10%
Wholesale trade8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
7,403
residents · 2025 · -1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $77.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+22
International migration+40
Natural change−150
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$388.7M2019
$472.1M2020
$575.6M2021
$658.0M2022
$630.2M2023
$662.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$160.4k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$799/mo±$83/mo
Vacancy rate
9.3%±2.5%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$8.9M
23 units · 3.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
49.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$926/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Cold wave 88Hail 83
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1552016
1692017
1682018
1722019
1812020
1942021
2332022
2952023
2942024
2682025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 21% since 2021192021
112022
92023
722024
232025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
19.6 km
IAIS
Nearest port
120.6 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
71.1 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$49.5k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Adair?
Adair's economy produced $662.6M in 2024, growing 5.1% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
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.