County profile
Bremer County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1470 of 3,127 US counties by GDP43rd-percentile growthmore diversified than 44% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.6B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.7%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
8,178
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
552
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$50.9k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
25,296
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.8%
Median HH income
$86.8k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
36.2%±2.4%
Poverty rate
7.3%±1.4%
Business applications
196 · 2025
Retail establishments
69
27.2/10k 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
Health care34%
Retail trade20%
Manufacturing20%
Food & accommodation9%
Construction9%
Finance & insurance8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
25,296
residents · 2025 · +1.1% since 2020
Income per capita $62.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+261
International migration+93
Natural change−61
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.2B2019
$1.2B2020
$1.3B2021
$1.5B2022
$1.5B2023
$1.6B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$219.6k±$8.8k
Median gross rent
$921/mo±$78/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±1.5%
Affordability
4.3× wages
Residential permits
$14.9M
46 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$978/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 86Hail 69Winter weather 53
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2552016
2562017
2612018
2732019
2722020
2862021
3092022
3462023
3712024
3772025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -6% since 2021492021
372022
402023
372024
462025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
33.2 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
13.0 km
CN
Nearest port
97.2 km
CONSOLIDATED TERMINALS AND LOGISTICS CO. (CTLC) CLAYTON TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
25.0 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$50.9k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Bremer?
Bremer's economy produced $1.6B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among 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.