County profile
Buchanan County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1775 of 3,127 US counties by GDP27th-percentile growthmore diversified than 39% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.1B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+1.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
5,387
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
490
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.4k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,883
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.4%
Median HH income
$78.2k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
22.4%±2.2%
Poverty rate
8.6%±1.7%
Business applications
177 · 2025
Retail establishments
68
32.8/10k 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
Manufacturing34%
Health care24%
Retail trade19%
Food & accommodation8%
Construction8%
Wholesale trade7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,883
residents · 2025 · +1.3% since 2020
Income per capita $62.9k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−50
International migration+121
Natural change+200
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$791.8M2019
$790.2M2020
$939.4M2021
$1.1B2022
$1.1B2023
$1.1B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.0k±$8.4k
Median gross rent
$848/mo±$68/mo
Vacancy rate
7.7%±2.2%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$18.9M
62 units · 3.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
24.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$942/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 81Hail 74Winter weather 49
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2352016
2462017
2532018
2612019
2702020
2842021
3132022
3352023
3562024
3702025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 210% since 2021202021
542022
582023
312024
622025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
20.6 km
I-380
Nearest freight rail
1.0 km
CN
Nearest port
73.2 km
ARTCO FLEETING SERVICES CASSVILLE TERMINAL SLIP
Nearest commercial airport
47.2 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.4k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Buchanan?
Buchanan's economy produced $1.1B in 2024, growing 1.6% year over year — slower than 73% 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.