County profile
Cass County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#1855 of 3,127 US counties by GDP48th-percentile growthmore diversified than 73% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$990.9M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+4.3%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,663
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
444
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.2k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
12,960
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.7%
Median HH income
$63.0k±$3.8k
Bachelor's degree+
22.1%±2.7%
Poverty rate
14.3%±2.8%
Business applications
116 · 2025
Retail establishments
63
48.4/10k 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 care28%
Retail trade25%
Manufacturing18%
Food & accommodation11%
Construction10%
Other services9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
12,960
residents · 2025 · -1.2% since 2020
Income per capita $65.3k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+228
International migration+33
Natural change−419
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$699.1M2019
$681.7M2020
$816.2M2021
$895.5M2022
$950.3M2023
$990.9M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$150.3k±$10.1k
Median gross rent
$777/mo±$64/mo
Vacancy rate
8.6%±2.0%
Affordability
3.2× wages
Residential permits
$3.8M
11 units · 0.8/1k pop
FEMA risk score
60.1
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$919/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Cold wave 87Hail 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
1922016
2102017
2082018
2172019
2242020
2482021
2822022
2982023
3202024
3242025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 83% since 202162021
72022
162023
102024
112025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
18.4 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
6.5 km
IAIS
Nearest port
82.8 km
AGRI GRAIN MARKETING COUNCIL BLUFFS TERMINAL DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
80.8 km
EPPLEY AIRFIELD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.2k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cass?
Cass's economy produced $990.9M in 2024, growing 4.3% 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.