Places/IA/Appanoose County, IA
County profile

Appanoose County, IA

United States · GDP 2024
#2384 of 3,127 US counties by GDP28th-percentile growthmore diversified than 29% of counties
EA Place Score
methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$518.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.8%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
3,731
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
302
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$44.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,077
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$54.9k±$3.5k
Bachelor's degree+
20.5%±2.7%
Poverty rate
17.5%±4.5%
Business applications
123 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
38.0/10k pop

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

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
Manufacturing33%
Health care25%
Retail trade23%
Food & accommodation12%
Other services5%
Admin & support3%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 20202025
12,077
residents · 2025 · -1.7% since 2020
Income per capita $50.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 20212025
Domestic migration+93
International migration+44
Natural change333

GDP trend

20192024 · nominal
$421.6M
2019
$434.0M
2020
$499.8M
2021
$502.0M
2022
$509.1M
2023
$518.5M
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$124.2k±$17.0k
Median gross rent
$784/mo±$55/mo
Vacancy rate
17.6%±3.1%
Affordability
2.8× wages
Residential permits
$1.7M
11 units · 0.9/1k pop
FEMA risk score
41.2
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 96Landslide 73Tornado 73
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 20162025
162
2016
161
2017
173
2018
175
2019
180
2020
200
2021
242
2022
226
2023
270
2024
279
2025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 20212025
1000% since 2021
1
2021
8
2022
7
2023
7
2024
11
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
79.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.3 km
ISRY
Nearest port
125.9 km
COLUSA RIVER TERMINAL, ELEVATOR WHARF
Nearest commercial airport
77.2 km
KIRKSVILLE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 20192023
$44.6k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
The read

What is the GDP of Appanoose?

Appanoose's economy produced $518.5M in 2024, growing 1.8% year over yearslower than 72% of 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.