County profile
Butler County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2130 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 23% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$705.3M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-7.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,602
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
324
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
14,049
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.6%
Median HH income
$73.7k±$2.6k
Bachelor's degree+
21.4%±2.1%
Poverty rate
9.2%±1.7%
Business applications
103 · 2025
Retail establishments
44
31.2/10k 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
Manufacturing42%
Health care19%
Retail trade18%
Transportation10%
Wholesale trade6%
Finance & insurance6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
14,049
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $61.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−121
International migration+69
Natural change−238
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$436.6M2019
$430.5M2020
$619.0M2021
$723.3M2022
$758.8M2023
$705.3M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$165.4k±$5.9k
Median gross rent
$812/mo±$73/mo
Vacancy rate
10.8%±1.9%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$6.3M
18 units · 1.3/1k pop
FEMA risk score
27.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 89Winter weather 58Hail 55
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2502016
2492017
2562018
2722019
2702020
2922021
3292022
3402023
3642024
3882025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -40% since 2021302021
302022
262023
272024
182025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
46.8 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
2.2 km
Freight rail
Nearest port
135.8 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING, MCGREGOR RIVER TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
37.3 km
WATERLOO RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.6k
avg. annual pay · +43% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Butler?
Butler's economy produced $705.3M in 2024, contracting 7.1% year over year — among the slowest-growing 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.