County profile
Black Hawk County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#437 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 82% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$10.0B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+0.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
63,693
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
3,105
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$59.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
131,532
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$66.4k±$1.8k
Bachelor's degree+
30.3%±1.3%
Poverty rate
14.9%±1.2%
Business applications
1,836 · 2025
Retail establishments
463
35.2/10k 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
Manufacturing26%
Health care23%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation14%
Admin & support10%
Transportation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
131,532
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $57.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−2,624
International migration+2,391
Natural change+739
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$8.2B2019
$8.3B2020
$8.9B2021
$9.4B2022
$10.0B2023
$10.0B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$188.9k±$5.0k
Median gross rent
$989/mo±$20/mo
Vacancy rate
7.5%±0.9%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$98.5M
488 units · 3.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
76.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.1k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Strong wind 95Winter weather 93
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
3672016
3702017
3852018
3912019
3962020
4172021
4682022
5112023
5362024
5452025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 254% since 20211382021
2042022
4202023
2892024
4882025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
0.7 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
0.6 km
CN
Nearest port
106.8 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
12.4 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$59.1k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Black Hawk?
Black Hawk's economy produced $10.0B in 2024, growing 0.6% year over year — slower than 77% 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.