County profile
Cerro Gordo County, IA
United States · GDP 2024
#858 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+3.6%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
20,024
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,357
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$53.1k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
42,372
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
3.2%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
24.0%±2.0%
Poverty rate
10.6%±1.4%
Business applications
382 · 2025
Retail establishments
207
48.9/10k 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 trade23%
Manufacturing21%
Food & accommodation14%
Wholesale trade8%
Construction6%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
42,372
residents · 2025 · -1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $80.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−132
International migration+176
Natural change−699
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$2.5B2019
$2.6B2020
$3.0B2021
$3.3B2022
$3.6B2023
$3.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$166.4k±$6.1k
Median gross rent
$850/mo±$42/mo
Vacancy rate
14.3%±1.6%
Affordability
3.1× wages
Residential permits
$37.3M
116 units · 2.7/1k pop
FEMA risk score
69.6
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$949/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 98Tornado 89Winter weather 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
4412016
4562017
4692018
4812019
4922020
5372021
6072022
6442023
6802024
6902025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 190% since 2021402021
1302022
442023
522024
1162025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.6 km
I-35
Nearest freight rail
0.1 km
UP
Nearest port
167.6 km
Winona Port Authority, MN
Nearest commercial airport
10.2 km
MASON CITY MUNI
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$53.1k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
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What is the GDP of Cerro Gordo?
Cerro Gordo's economy produced $3.7B in 2024, growing 3.6% 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.