County profile
Audubon County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2441 of 3,127 US counties by GDP60th-percentile growthmore diversified than 48% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$472.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+5.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
1,411
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
184
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.7k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
5,509
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.1%
Median HH income
$58.2k±$3.9k
Bachelor's degree+
20.8%±3.5%
Poverty rate
11.8%±3.2%
Business applications
50 · 2025
Retail establishments
20
36.0/10k 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 care30%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade17%
Food & accommodation13%
Wholesale trade9%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
5,509
residents · 2025 · -3.0% since 2020
Income per capita $67.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−53
International migration+20
Natural change−143
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$302.3M2019
$291.3M2020
$375.1M2021
$460.6M2022
$449.1M2023
$472.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$121.9k±$9.7k
Median gross rent
$759/mo±$90/mo
Vacancy rate
7.0%±2.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$2.8M
7 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
38.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Landslide 69Cold wave 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1602016
1592017
1662018
1982019
2022020
2042021
2842022
2802023
2302024
2762025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 40% since 202152021
32022
62023
72024
72025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
20.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
94.0 km
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL TERMINALS HEARTLAND TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
92.6 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.7k
avg. annual pay · +24% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Audubon?
Audubon's economy produced $472.6M in 2024, growing 5.2% year over year — faster than most 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.