County profile
Calhoun County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2333 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 41% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$559.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-0.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
2,241
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
280
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
9,562
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$65.0k±$5.7k
Bachelor's degree+
21.8%±2.2%
Poverty rate
9.3%±1.5%
Business applications
73 · 2025
Retail establishments
46
47.6/10k 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 care33%
Retail trade24%
Wholesale trade13%
Manufacturing11%
Transportation10%
Other services8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
9,562
residents · 2025 · -3.4% since 2020
Income per capita $63.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−69
International migration+18
Natural change−285
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$409.8M2019
$393.8M2020
$516.5M2021
$609.8M2022
$560.9M2023
$559.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$118.8k±$6.9k
Median gross rent
$723/mo±$26/mo
Vacancy rate
16.8%±3.1%
Affordability
2.5× wages
Residential permits
$3.9M
13 units · 1.4/1k pop
FEMA risk score
44.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 97Hail 93Tornado 74
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2132016
2272017
2352018
2252019
2462020
2632021
3282022
3512023
3612024
3802025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -35% since 2021202021
212022
242023
162024
132025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
88.0 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.4 km
CN
Nearest port
133.6 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
41.2 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.0k
avg. annual pay · +25% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Calhoun?
Calhoun's economy produced $559.9M in 2024, contracting 0.2% year over year — slower than 80% 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.