County profile
Adams County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2769 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 7% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$265.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-2.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,212
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
98
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.8k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,617
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.4%
Median HH income
$71.9k±$7.5k
Bachelor's degree+
27.0%±3.8%
Poverty rate
9.1%±2.5%
Business applications
45 · 2025
Retail establishments
13
36.1/10k 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 care46%
Manufacturing20%
Retail trade13%
Food & accommodation9%
Wholesale trade8%
Transportation4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,617
residents · 2025 · -2.5% since 2020
Income per capita $63.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−40
International migration+4
Natural change−53
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$227.2M2019
$205.0M2020
$262.2M2021
$280.9M2022
$272.1M2023
$265.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$131.6k±$27.0k
Median gross rent
$893/mo±$190/mo
Vacancy rate
18.5%±4.4%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$3.1M
12 units · 3.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
20.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$933/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Landslide 57Cold wave 56
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2013–2022
1202013
1322014
1292015
1412016
1282017
1322018
1402019
1372020
1652021
1752022
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 500% since 202122021
22022
52023
22024
122025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
51.7 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
3.0 km
BNSF
Nearest port
96.4 km
HAVEMAN GRAIN CO ROCK BLUFF GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
103.3 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Adams?
Adams's economy produced $265.9M in 2024, contracting 2.3% year over year — slower than 86% of 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.