County profile
Carroll County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1353 of 3,127 US counties by GDP51st-percentile growthmore diversified than 62% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$1.8B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.5%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
10,168
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
827
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$48.5k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
20,303
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.3%
Median HH income
$72.9k±$2.4k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±2.7%
Poverty rate
7.9%±1.2%
Business applications
221 · 2025
Retail establishments
123
60.2/10k 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 care23%
Manufacturing22%
Retail trade20%
Wholesale trade18%
Finance & insurance9%
Food & accommodation8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
20,303
residents · 2025 · -2.0% since 2020
Income per capita $69.8k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−321
International migration+68
Natural change−172
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$1.3B2019
$1.4B2020
$1.6B2021
$1.8B2022
$1.8B2023
$1.8B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$176.0k±$9.6k
Median gross rent
$731/mo±$18/mo
Vacancy rate
7.9%±2.1%
Affordability
3.6× wages
Residential permits
$12.4M
36 units · 1.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
57.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Hail 97Drought 95Tornado 85
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2762016
2882017
2962018
3122019
3182020
3342021
3792022
3972023
4502024
4532025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↓ -36% since 2021562021
352022
472023
342024
362025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
60.0 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
2.7 km
UP
Nearest port
106.1 km
BLENCOE BARGE TERMINAL
Nearest commercial airport
79.4 km
FORT DODGE RGNL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$48.5k
avg. annual pay · +21% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Carroll?
Carroll's economy produced $1.8B in 2024, growing 4.5% 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.