County profile
Benton County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1742 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 68% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.0%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,296
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
535
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,004
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$87.0k±$3.2k
Bachelor's degree+
25.6%±1.9%
Poverty rate
7.4%±1.1%
Business applications
225 · 2025
Retail establishments
83
32.1/10k 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 care23%
Retail trade22%
Manufacturing20%
Wholesale trade16%
Construction10%
Food & accommodation9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,004
residents · 2025 · +1.8% since 2020
Income per capita $66.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+397
International migration+29
Natural change+46
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$893.5M2019
$900.1M2020
$1.1B2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$208.2k±$11.8k
Median gross rent
$826/mo±$142/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.7%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$9.0M
28 units · 1.1/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$956/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 83Strong wind 77Hail 75
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2132016
2212017
2312018
2352019
2432020
2682021
2952022
3152023
3312024
3452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -32% since 2021412021
332022
392023
432024
282025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
23.1 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
8.3 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
111.8 km
MUSCATINE PUBLIC LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
36.4 km
THE EASTERN IOWA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.2k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Benton?
Benton's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 1.0% year over year — slower than 76% 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.