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County profile

Cerro Gordo

United States · GDP 2024
#858 of 3,127 US counties by GDP41st-percentile growthmore diversified than 60% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$3.7B
GDP growth
+3.6%
Jobs tracked
20,024
Employers
1,357
Avg. wage
$53.1k
Population
42,372
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.8%
Median HH income
$68.2k±$2.5k
Business applications
382 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
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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
$2.5B
2019
$2.6B
2020
$3.0B
2021
$3.3B
2022
$3.6B
2023
$3.7B
2024

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
116 (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
441
2016
456
2017
469
2018
481
2019
492
2020
537
2021
607
2022
644
2023
680
2024
690
2025

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
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Auglaize$3.7BBurke$3.7BMuskogee$3.7BTaney$3.7BCarteret$3.7BChambers$3.7B
The read

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.
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