County profile
Boone County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1636 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 87% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.3B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-4.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
6,497
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
603
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$52.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
26,799
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$83.5k±$5.5k
Bachelor's degree+
28.5%±2.4%
Poverty rate
6.2%±1.2%
Business applications
243 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
25.8/10k 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 care25%
Retail trade22%
Construction17%
Transportation17%
Food & accommodation10%
Manufacturing8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
26,799
residents · 2025 · +0.4% since 2020
Income per capita $58.6k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+489
International migration+6
Natural change−391
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.1B2019
$1.1B2020
$1.2B2021
$1.3B2022
$1.4B2023
$1.3B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$212.4k±$9.3k
Median gross rent
$845/mo±$61/mo
Vacancy rate
9.2%±2.2%
Affordability
4.1× wages
Residential permits
$34.2M
207 units · 7.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
28.4
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.0k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 95Hail 66Winter weather 61
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2402016
2512017
2632018
2732019
2772020
3022021
3322022
3592023
3882024
3962025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 229% since 2021632021
1102022
972023
752024
2072025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
29.7 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.9 km
UP
Nearest port
182.7 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
60.1 km
DES MOINES INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$52.3k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
Nearby & same-state counties
by GDP rankThe read
What is the GDP of Boone?
Boone's economy produced $1.3B in 2024, contracting 4.9% year over year — slower than 90% 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.