County profile
Cedar County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#2018 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-quartile growthmore diversified than 79% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$811.5M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-1.1%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
4,355
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
460
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$47.6k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
18,359
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$80.6k±$2.7k
Bachelor's degree+
23.7%±2.2%
Poverty rate
7.3%±1.3%
Business applications
164 · 2025
Retail establishments
55
30.1/10k 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
Manufacturing25%
Wholesale trade20%
Retail trade17%
Health care15%
Transportation14%
Construction9%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
18,359
residents · 2025 · -0.7% since 2020
Income per capita $69.2k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+56
International migration+48
Natural change−221
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$625.7M2019
$597.8M2020
$782.7M2021
$867.3M2022
$820.7M2023
$811.5M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$211.3k±$11.2k
Median gross rent
$879/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
8.2%±2.2%
Affordability
4.4× wages
Residential permits
$15.9M
67 units · 3.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
21.5
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$966/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 80Strong wind 72Hail 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2162016
2242017
2332018
2412019
2422020
2632021
2892022
3292023
3302024
3462025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 40% since 2021482021
862022
1072023
492024
672025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
13.9 km
I-80
Nearest freight rail
13.3 km
UP
Nearest port
40.1 km
MUSCATINE PUBLIC LANDING
Nearest commercial airport
49.5 km
THE EASTERN IOWA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$47.6k
avg. annual pay · +22% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cedar?
Cedar's economy produced $811.5M in 2024, contracting 1.1% year over year — slower than 83% 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.